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26717

ZIP 26717 is Elk Garden, West Virginia, mostly in Mineral County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mineral +1 more
Metro area
Cumberland, MD-WV
Population
1,593
Coordinates
39.3342, -79.1825
☼ Live from 26717 — Elk Garden, WV

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Where 26717 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 26717
  • 🔢 Type 26717 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LILgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 26717 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100001011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26716 (Eglon, WV, 19 mi away) and 26719 (Fort Ashby, WV, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26717 becomes 71762 — and that is a real ZIP code: Smackover, AR, 861 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12767, 12776, 16727, 17267, 17726, 17762, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76712 in Woodway, TX, 1,149 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,031 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26717 and you would come out at 39.33°S, 100.82°E — 985 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 24m.
  • 📏 At 41.0 square miles of land, 26717 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,593This ZIP1,593
Households473This ZIP473
Housing units562This ZIP562
Median age29.8This ZIP29.8West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$74,712This ZIP$74,712West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$101,300This ZIP$101,300West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher7.5%This ZIP7.5%
Mean commute47.9 minThis ZIP47.9 min
Population density38.8 / sq miThis ZIP38.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees39This ZIP39
Annual payroll$947,000This ZIP$947,000
Tax returns filed460This ZIP460
Total adjusted gross income$20,826,000This ZIP$20,826,000

Land area

Land area41.05 sq miThis ZIP41.05 sq mi
Water area0.65 sq miThis ZIP0.65 sq mi

Counties 26717 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Mineral County 82.3%
Grant County 17.7%

Other place names in 26717

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

ZIP codes near 26717

ZIPCityDistance
21538 Kitzmiller, MD 5.7 mi
26743 New Creek, WV 6.4 mi
26720 Gormania, WV 8.9 mi
26739 Mount Storm, WV 9.2 mi
21561 Swanton, MD 10.9 mi
26726 Keyser, WV 11.5 mi
21523 Bloomington, MD 11.6 mi
26710 Burlington, WV 11.7 mi
21550 Oakland, MD 11.9 mi
21540 Luke, MD 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26717?

26717 is in Elk Garden, West Virginia, in Mineral County, part of the Cumberland, MD-WV micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.3342, -79.1825.

What county is 26717 in?

26717 spans 2 counties: Mineral County and Grant County. Most of it falls in Mineral 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 26717?

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

What time zone is 26717 in?

26717 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 26717?

About 1,593 people live in ZIP code 26717, in 473 households, at 38.8 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 26717?

$74,712 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 26717?

The closest are 21538 (5.7 mi), 26743 (6.4 mi), 26720 (8.9 mi), 26739 (9.2 mi) and 21561 (10.9 mi).

Is 26717 a PO Box ZIP code?

26717 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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