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26159

ZIP 26159 is Paden City, West Virginia, mostly in Wetzel County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wetzel +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
2,446
Coordinates
39.6074, -80.9322
☼ Live from 26159 — Paden City, WV

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Where 26159 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 26159
  • 🔢 Type 26159 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSIgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,159 = 7 × 37 × 101. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011000101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26155 (New Martinsville, WV, 9 mi away) and 26160 (Palestine, WV, 50 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26159 becomes 95162, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12569, 12956, 12965, 15629, 15692, 15926, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96521 in FPO AA, a military post office, 8,051 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯936 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26159 and you would come out at 39.61°S, 99.07°E — 1,077 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
  • 📏 At 1.0 square miles of land, 26159 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 491 football fields.
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People and housing

Population2,446This ZIP2,446
Households968This ZIP968
Housing units1,128This ZIP1,128
Median age40.6This ZIP40.6West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$66,190This ZIP$66,190West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$104,100This ZIP$104,100West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$719This ZIP$719West Virginia$872US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.5%This ZIP15.5%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density2,409.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,409.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments41This ZIP41
Employees215This ZIP215
Annual payroll$6,808,000This ZIP$6,808,000
Tax returns filed1,140This ZIP1,140
Total adjusted gross income$65,853,000This ZIP$65,853,000

Land area

Land area1.02 sq miThis ZIP1.02 sq mi
Water area0.35 sq miThis ZIP0.35 sq mi

Counties 26159 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Wetzel County 67.8%
Tyler County 32.2%

Other place names in 26159

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 26159

ZIPCityDistance
43946 Sardis, OH 3.6 mi
26175 Sistersville, WV 5.4 mi
43931 Hannibal, OH 5.5 mi
43752 Laings, OH 8.6 mi
26155 New Martinsville, WV 9.1 mi
26162 Porters Falls, WV 9.2 mi
43915 Clarington, OH 9.6 mi
26149 Middlebourne, WV 9.7 mi
43914 Cameron, OH 11.7 mi
26146 Friendly, WV 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26159?

26159 is in Paden City, West Virginia, in Wetzel County. Its published point location is 39.6074, -80.9322.

What county is 26159 in?

26159 spans 2 counties: Wetzel County and Tyler County. Most of it falls in Wetzel County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 26159?

Paden City uses area codes 304 and 681, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 26159 in?

26159 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 26159?

About 2,446 people live in ZIP code 26159, in 968 households, at 2,409.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 26159?

$66,190 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 26159?

The closest are 43946 (3.6 mi), 26175 (5.4 mi), 43931 (5.5 mi), 43752 (8.6 mi) and 26155 (9.1 mi).

Is 26159 a PO Box ZIP code?

26159 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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