25865 Zip Code (Lester, WV) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,358
Zip code population in 2010: 1,475
Zip code population in 2000: 1,684

Houses and condos: 763
Renter-occupied apartments: 62
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 25865: 85.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 25.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 53 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,042 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $808 (0.5%)

For population 25 years and over in 25865:

• High school or higher: 85.4%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
• Unemployed: 1.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 25865:

• Never married: 15.6%
• Now married: 76.3%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 2.6%
• Divorced: 5.5%

• 
• • 1,28494.7%White
  • 483.5%Two or more races
  • 231.7%Black
  • 10.07%Hispanic or Latino

Urban population: 199
Rural population: 1,158

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 25865, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $45,630 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$45,630
State:	$56,292

Salary/wage: $43,017 (reported on 84.0% of returns)

Here:	$43,017
State:	$49,093

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1047.9% for AGIs below $25k, 3224.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5856.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9464.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 13482.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $322 (reported on 18.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$322
West Virginia:	$1,141

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.7% for AGIs below $25k, 6.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 14.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Ordinary dividends: $300 (reported on 4.0% of returns)

Here:	$300
State:	$5,456

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.3% for AGIs below $25k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,233 (reported on 6.0% of returns)

Here:	+$5,233
State:	+$12,084

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 142.7% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $12,350 (reported on 4.0% of returns)

25865:	$12,350
West Virginia:	$15,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 176.4% for AGIs below $25k)

Earned income credit: $2,280 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,280
State:	$2,258

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 76.4% for AGIs below $25k, 110.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 94.0%

Here:	94%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 95.0% for AGIs below $25k, 91.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 85.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 25865, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $44,710 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$44,710
State:	$48,628

Salary/wage: $44,002 (reported on 88.2% of returns)

Here:	$44,002
State:	$42,328

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 68.7% for AGIs below $25k, 84.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 86.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 92.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 93.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $464 (reported on 21.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$464
West Virginia:	$1,211

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.3% for AGIs below $25k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Ordinary dividends: $467 (reported on 5.9% of returns)

Here:	$467
State:	$4,262

Profit/loss from business: +$650 (reported on 7.8% of returns)

Here:	+$650
State:	+$13,636

Total itemized deductions: $14,640 (16% of AGI, reported on 9.8% of returns)

Here:	$14,640
State:	$21,148

Here:	16.5% of AGI
State:	18.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $5,800 (reported on 9.8% of returns)

25865:	$5,800
State:	$8,103

Earned income credit: $2,145 (reported on 21.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,145
State:	$2,140

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.6% for AGIs below $25k, 1.4% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 54.9%

Here:	55%
State:	49%

(% for various income ranges: 52.4% for AGIs below $25k, 40.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 60.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 25865, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $30,672 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$30,672
State:	$37,498

Salary/wage: $30,128 (reported on 88.1% of returns)

Here:	$30,128
State:	$33,645

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 85.4% for AGIs below $10k, 75.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 83.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 93.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 89.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $542 (reported on 26.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$542
West Virginia:	$1,465

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $324 (reported on 7.5% of returns)

Here:	$324
State:	$2,913

Profit/loss from business: +$5,205 (reported on 9.7% of returns)

Here:	+$5,205
State:	+$11,074

Total itemized deductions: $13,860 (22% of AGI, reported on 9.5% of returns)

Here:	$13,860
State:	$16,976

Here:	21.6% of AGI
State:	19.0% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $1,704 (3% of AGI, reported on 5.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,704
State:	$3,529

Here:	2.8% of AGI
State:	3.7% of AGI

Total tax: $3,337 (reported on 69.4% of returns)

25865:	$3,337
State:	$5,372

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs below $10k, 3.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,593 (reported on 24.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,593
State:	$1,662

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 60.1%

Here:	60%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 58.7% for AGIs below $10k, 51.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 64.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 68.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 73.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 25920, 25817, 25921, 25848, 25839, 25932.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 56
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 568

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 6 (6 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 197 (132 now married, 64 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 25865 with a mortgage: 290 (39 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $927
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $428

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 25865 household income distribution in 2022

• 121Less than $10,000
• 64$10,000 to $14,999
• 18$15,000 to $19,999
• 8$20,000 to $24,999
• 32$25,000 to $29,999
• 33$30,000 to $34,999
• 48$35,000 to $39,999
• 7$40,000 to $44,999
• 44$45,000 to $49,999
• 125$50,000 to $59,999
• 56$75,000 to $99,999
• 9$100,000 to $124,999
• 16$125,000 to $149,999
• 40$150,000 to $199,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 25865

• 5Less than $10,000
• 29$10,000 to $14,999
• 26$20,000 to $24,999
• 21$50,000 to $59,999
• 7$60,000 to $69,999
• 54$70,000 to $79,999
• 13$80,000 to $89,999
• 1$90,000 to $99,999
• 69$100,000 to $124,999
• 4$125,000 to $149,999
• 142$150,000 to $174,999
• 16$175,000 to $199,999
• 128$200,000 to $249,999
• 54$250,000 to $299,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 25865

• 10$300 to $349
• 24$350 to $399
• 13$500 to $549
• 1$550 to $599
• 6$650 to $699
• 2$750 to $799
• 9No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $550.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $170,467.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $176,326
• Black or African American householders: $61,669
• Two or more races householders: $224,524

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $169,142 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $80,198 - $229,247

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $153,287

Here:	$153,287
State:	$206,655

Mobile homes: $113,179

Here:	$113,179
State:	$63,963

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 572
• Mobile homes: 187

Unemployment: 1.9%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 25865

• 73.7%297Drove a car alone
• 3.2%13Carpooled
• 27.8%112Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 25865

• 3Less than 5 minutes
• 135 to 9 minutes
• 4410 to 14 minutes
• 2615 to 19 minutes
• 11620 to 24 minutes
• 3625 to 29 minutes
• 130 to 34 minutes
• 3260 to 89 minutes
• 3590 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 82.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,358

• Male householders: 487 (91 living alone), Female householders: 139 (56 living alone)

• 451 spouses (449 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 247 children (217 natural, 31 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 foster children, 3 other relatives, 17 non-relatives

Size of family households: 277 2-persons, 143 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 146 1-person, 17 2-persons

149 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (60 women).

100.6% of residents of 25865 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• A L LEE INC (2075 LESTER HIGHWAY in LESTER, WV)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Business SIC classification: REPAIR SHOPS AND RELATED SERVICES
  Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , SALEM CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: LEE A L CO

• CRANBERRY PIPELINE CORPORATION (MASON STREET in LESTER, WV)

  AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION; NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION
  Alternative names: BUCK COMPRESSOR STATION, CRANBERRY PIPELINE (CABOT OIL AND GAS)

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 9.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 8.8%

Population in 1990: 1,157. Population change in the 1990s: +527 (+45.5%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 1,275
• Northeast: 5
• Midwest: 5
• South: 21
• West: 28

71% of the 25865 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in West Virginia.

100% of the 25865 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school):

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• A L LEE CORPORATION (2075 LESTER HWY in LESTER, WV; small business)
  252 employees, $8000000 revenue. Small Disadvantaged Business: $446,000 in 2 contracts from 2000 to 2001

  $355,000 with Bureau of International Labor Affairs for Mining, Rock Drilling, Earth Boring and Related Equipment. Signed on 2001-06-15. Completion date: 2002-07-15.
  $91,000 with Bureau of International Labor Affairs for Office Information System Equipment. Taking place in DC. Signed on 2000-09-15. Completion date: 2000-10-15.
  

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Engineering Services (50-99 employees: 1 establishment)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (5-9: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 1)
• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (1-4: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Ambulance Services (1-4: 1)
• Construction: All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Landscaping Services (1-4: 1)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 10. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 22 took place in 2014, and the least - 3 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.9%), and Outside Fires (24.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 25865
• 8352.9%Structure Fires
• 3824.2%Outside Fires
• 2616.6%Other
• 106.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 25865, West Virginia

Most common first names in zip code 25865 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
William	12	72.9 years
James	9	69.9 years
Henry	7	78.6 years
Robert	7	66.4 years
Ada	5	80.6 years
Fred	5	74.4 years
George	5	70.8 years
Roy	5	72.2 years
Thomas	5	72.8 years
John	4	69.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 25865 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Bailey	12	78.7 years
Mckinney	9	80.4 years
Martin	8	74.9 years
Allen	7	70.7 years
Miller	7	72.9 years
Lester	7	70.4 years
Oneal	6	78.0 years
Acord	6	68.5 years
Farley	6	79.3 years
Wood	6	84.5 years