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26506

ZIP 26506 is in Morgantown, West Virginia, in Monongalia County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time. Morgantown has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Monongalia
Metro area
Morgantown, WV
Population
1,476
Coordinates
39.6468, -79.9702
☼ Live from 26506 — Morgantown, WV

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Where 26506 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 26506
  • 🔢 Type 26506 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOSgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,506 = 2 × 29 × 457. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011110001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26505 (Morgantown, WV, 1 mi away) and 26507 (Morgantown, WV, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26506 becomes 60562, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05662, 06256, 06265, 20566, 20656, 25606, …). The farthest-flung twin is 66520 in Olsburg, KS, 886 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 74%.
  • 🎯987 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26506 and you would come out at 39.65°S, 100.03°E — 1,032 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
  • 📏 At 0.238 square miles of land, 26506 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 115 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,476This ZIP1,476
Households16This ZIP16
Housing units16This ZIP16
Median age19.0This ZIP19.0West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher100.0%This ZIP100.0%
Mean commute10.5 minThis ZIP10.5 min
Population density6,201.7 / sq miThis ZIP6,201.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments52This ZIP52
Employees12,911This ZIP12,911
Annual payroll$1,008,127,000This ZIP$1,008,127,000

Land area

Land area0.24 sq miThis ZIP0.24 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 26506

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

ZIP codes near 26506

ZIPCityDistance
26505 Morgantown, WV 1.4 mi
26502 Morgantown, WV 1.5 mi
26534 Granville, WV 1.6 mi
26543 Osage, WV 2.0 mi
26546 Pursglove, WV 3.1 mi
26501 Morgantown, WV 3.7 mi
26508 Morgantown, WV 4.8 mi
26531 Dellslow, WV 4.9 mi
26527 Cassville, WV 5.1 mi
15327 Dilliner, PA 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26506?

26506 is in Morgantown, West Virginia, in Monongalia County, part of the Morgantown, WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.6468, -79.9702.

What county is 26506 in?

26506 lies in Monongalia County.

What area code is 26506?

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

What time zone is 26506 in?

26506 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 26506?

About 1,476 people live in ZIP code 26506, in 16 households, at 6,201.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 26506?

The closest are 26505 (1.4 mi), 26502 (1.5 mi), 26534 (1.6 mi), 26543 (2 mi) and 26546 (3.1 mi).

Is 26506 a PO Box ZIP code?

26506 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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