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26519

ZIP 26519 is Albright, West Virginia, in Preston County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Preston
Metro area
Morgantown, WV
Population
2,363
Coordinates
39.5692, -79.6271
☼ Live from 26519 — Albright, WV

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Where 26519 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 26519
  • 🔢 Type 26519 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GISgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,519 = 23 × 1153. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011110010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26508 (Morgantown, WV, 15 mi away) and 26520 (Arthurdale, WV, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26519 becomes 91562, 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, 8,072 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,006 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26519 and you would come out at 39.57°S, 100.37°E — 1,013 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
  • 📏 At 60.3 square miles of land, 26519 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,363This ZIP2,363
Households850This ZIP850
Housing units883This ZIP883
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$54,328This ZIP$54,328West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$128,500This ZIP$128,500West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$682This ZIP$682West Virginia$872US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.0%This ZIP12.0%
Mean commute26.3 minThis ZIP26.3 min
Population density39.2 / sq miThis ZIP39.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees102This ZIP102
Annual payroll$5,169,000This ZIP$5,169,000
Tax returns filed810This ZIP810
Total adjusted gross income$47,405,000This ZIP$47,405,000

Land area

Land area60.26 sq miThis ZIP60.26 sq mi
Water area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi

Other place names in 26519

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

ZIP codes near 26519

ZIPCityDistance
26525 Bruceton Mills, WV 5.9 mi
26537 Kingwood, WV 7.1 mi
26542 Masontown, WV 8.3 mi
26764 Terra Alta, WV 9.1 mi
26524 Bretz, WV 9.8 mi
26547 Reedsville, WV 10.3 mi
26520 Arthurdale, WV 11.5 mi
15440 Gibbon Glade, PA 11.7 mi
21531 Friendsville, MD 11.8 mi
21541 Mc Henry, MD 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26519?

26519 is in Albright, West Virginia, in Preston County, part of the Morgantown, WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.5692, -79.6271.

What county is 26519 in?

26519 lies in Preston County.

What area code is 26519?

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

What time zone is 26519 in?

26519 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 26519?

About 2,363 people live in ZIP code 26519, in 850 households, at 39.2 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 26519?

$54,328 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 26519?

The closest are 26525 (5.9 mi), 26537 (7.1 mi), 26542 (8.3 mi), 26764 (9.1 mi) and 26524 (9.8 mi).

Is 26519 a PO Box ZIP code?

26519 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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