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26574

ZIP 26574 is Grant Town, West Virginia, in Marion County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Marion
Metro area
Fairmont, WV
Population
506
Coordinates
39.5608, -80.1779
☼ Live from 26574 — Grant Town, WV

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Where 26574 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 26574
  • 🔢 Type 26574 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLSgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,574 = 2 × 3 × 43 × 103. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110011111001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26572 (Four States, WV, 9 mi away) and 26575 (Hundred, WV, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26574 becomes 47562 — and that is a real ZIP code: Odon, IN, 367 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24576, 24657, 25647, 25674, 26547, 27546, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76452 in Energy, TX, 1,153 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯977 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26574 and you would come out at 39.56°S, 99.82°E — 1,039 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
  • 📏 At 0.491 square miles of land, 26574 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 238 football fields.
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People and housing

Population506This ZIP506
Households195This ZIP195
Housing units217This ZIP217
Median age44.0This ZIP44.0West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$64,688This ZIP$64,688West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$105,000This ZIP$105,000West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher13.8%This ZIP13.8%
Mean commute30.2 minThis ZIP30.2 min
Population density1,030.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,030.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees76This ZIP76
Annual payroll$6,837,000This ZIP$6,837,000

Land area

Land area0.49 sq miThis ZIP0.49 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 26574

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

ZIP codes near 26574

ZIPCityDistance
26588 Rivesville, WV 2.2 mi
26560 Baxter, WV 2.3 mi
26559 Barrackville, WV 3.2 mi
26555 Fairmont, WV 3.9 mi
26586 Montana Mines, WV 4.3 mi
26504 Morgantown, WV 4.7 mi
26571 Farmington, WV 5.1 mi
26576 Idamay, WV 6.2 mi
26570 Fairview, WV 6.3 mi
26587 Rachel, WV 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26574?

26574 is in Grant Town, West Virginia, in Marion County, part of the Fairmont, WV micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.5608, -80.1779.

What county is 26574 in?

26574 lies in Marion County.

What area code is 26574?

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

What time zone is 26574 in?

26574 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 26574?

About 506 people live in ZIP code 26574, in 195 households, at 1,030.5 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 26574?

$64,688 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 26574?

The closest are 26588 (2.2 mi), 26560 (2.3 mi), 26559 (3.2 mi), 26555 (3.9 mi) and 26586 (4.3 mi).

Is 26574 a PO Box ZIP code?

26574 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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