26146 Zip Code (Friendly, WV) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 744
Zip code population in 2010: 1,003
Zip code population in 2000: 1,053

Houses and condos: 565
Renter-occupied apartments: 28
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 26146: 81.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 39.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.

Population density: 19 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: $1,343 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $945 (0.6%)

For population 25 years and over in 26146:

• High school or higher: 100.2%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.6%
• Graduate or professional degree: 13.2%
• Unemployed: 6.7%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 34.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 26146:

• Never married: 19.9%
• Now married: 52.9%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 18.7%
• Divorced: 8.4%

• 
• • 74199.7%White
  • 20.3%Black

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 26146, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $59,368 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$59,368
State:	$56,292

Salary/wage: $51,663 (reported on 70.0% of returns)

Here:	$51,663
State:	$49,093

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 991.5% for AGIs below $25k, 3111.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6143.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10490.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16760.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $707 (reported on 30.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$707
West Virginia:	$1,141

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 26.2% for AGIs below $25k, 13.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 26.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 23.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 84.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,800 (reported on 10.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,800
State:	$5,456

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 53.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 162.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$13,600 (reported on 8.0% of returns)

Here:	+$13,600
State:	+$11,656

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1813.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $9,220 (reported on 10.0% of returns)

26146:	$9,220
West Virginia:	$15,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 76.2% for AGIs below $25k, 1206.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $2,362 (reported on 16.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,362
State:	$2,258

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 98.5% for AGIs below $25k, 55.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

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

Here:	94%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 94.4% for AGIs below $25k, 92.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 26146, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $50,789 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$50,789
State:	$48,628

Salary/wage: $43,374 (reported on 77.8% of returns)

Here:	$43,374
State:	$42,328

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 56.3% for AGIs below $25k, 73.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 74.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 86.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 53.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $233 (reported on 33.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$233
West Virginia:	$1,211

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,500 (reported on 8.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,500
State:	$4,262

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,100 (reported on 4.4% of returns)

Here:	+$2,100
State:	+$8,875

Profit/loss from business: +$7,825 (reported on 8.9% of returns)

Here:	+$7,825
State:	+$13,636

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $6,475 (reported on 8.9% of returns)

26146:	$6,475
West Virginia:	$11,787

Total itemized deductions: $17,375 (17% of AGI, reported on 17.8% of returns)

Here:	$17,375
State:	$21,148

Here:	17.4% of AGI
State:	18.1% of AGI

Charity contributions: $4,625 (reported on 8.9% of returns)

Here:	$4,625
State:	$4,508

Taxes paid: $5,738 (reported on 17.8% of returns)

26146:	$5,738
State:	$8,103

Earned income credit: $2,167 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,167
State:	$2,140

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.7% for AGIs below $25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 62.2%

Here:	62%
State:	49%

(% for various income ranges: 55.6% for AGIs below $25k, 70.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 57.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 50.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 83.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 26146, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $34,294 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$34,294
State:	$37,498

Salary/wage: $35,237 (reported on 78.7% of returns)

Here:	$35,237
State:	$33,645

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 84.2% for AGIs below $10k, 64.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 75.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 81.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 88.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 96.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,038 (reported on 47.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,038
West Virginia:	$1,465

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.2% for AGIs below $10k, 3.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $413 (reported on 15.2% of returns)

Here:	$413
State:	$2,913

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs below $10k, 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,341 (reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	+$1,341
State:	+$6,331

Profit/loss from business: +$1,267 (reported on 12.1% of returns)

Here:	+$1,267
State:	+$11,074

Total itemized deductions: $13,707 (21% of AGI, reported on 15.2% of returns)

Here:	$13,707
State:	$16,976

Here:	21.4% of AGI
State:	19.0% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 7.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,195 (3% of AGI, reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	$2,195
State:	$3,529

Here:	3.3% of AGI
State:	3.7% of AGI

Total tax: $4,213 (reported on 70.2% of returns)

26146:	$4,213
State:	$5,372

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.7% for AGIs below $10k, 3.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,488 (reported on 17.4% of returns)

Here:	$1,488
State:	$1,662

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 58.1%

Here:	58%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 52.6% for AGIs below $10k, 58.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 58.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 71.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 44.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 26175, 45767, 26170, 26346, 26159, 26415.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 4.6% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 34
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 314

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 1 (0 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 105 (53 now married, 51 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 26146 with a mortgage: 66 (1 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,576
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $346

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

• Zip code 26146 household income distribution in 2022

• 29Less than $10,000
• 12$10,000 to $14,999
• 34$15,000 to $19,999
• 2$20,000 to $24,999
• 20$25,000 to $29,999
• 18$30,000 to $34,999
• 3$35,000 to $39,999
• 7$45,000 to $49,999
• 27$50,000 to $59,999
• 40$60,000 to $74,999
• 40$75,000 to $99,999
• 1$100,000 to $124,999
• 25$125,000 to $149,999
• 39$150,000 to $199,999
• 44$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 26146

• 2$10,000 to $14,999
• 6$15,000 to $19,999
• 8$25,000 to $29,999
• 7$50,000 to $59,999
• 63$60,000 to $69,999
• 2$70,000 to $79,999
• 7$80,000 to $89,999
• 6$90,000 to $99,999
• 2$100,000 to $124,999
• 10$125,000 to $149,999
• 89$150,000 to $174,999
• 16$175,000 to $199,999
• 40$200,000 to $249,999
• 32$250,000 to $299,999
• 64$500,000 to $749,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 26146

• 13$400 to $449
• 1$600 to $649
• 15No cash rent

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $173,144

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $177,227 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $87,005 - $258,501

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $226,150

Here:	$226,150
State:	$206,655

Mobile homes: $90,690

Here:	$90,690
State:	$63,963

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 488
• Mobile homes: 74

Unemployment: 6.7%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 26146

• 95.3%252Drove a car alone
• 1.9%5Carpooled

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 26146

• 15 to 9 minutes
• 3015 to 19 minutes
• 3120 to 24 minutes
• 925 to 29 minutes
• 4130 to 34 minutes
• 6735 to 39 minutes
• 5440 to 44 minutes
• 1245 to 59 minutes
• 690 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 29.9%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 744

• Male householders: 188 (81 living alone), Female householders: 165 (47 living alone)

• 166 spouses (166 opposite-sex spouses), 14 unmarried partners, (14 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 149 children (145 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 6 other relatives, 48 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 10 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 140 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 1 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 23 2-persons

39 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (14 men).

100.8% of residents of 26146 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• BENS RUN RECYCLING FACILITY (4203 SS STATE ROUTE 2 in FRIENDLY, WV)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  SUPERFUND (Superfund database)
  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1993-0436, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1993-0436, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1998-0046, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
  Business SIC classification: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SECONDARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS
  Business NAICS classification: SECONDARY SMELTING AND ALLOYING OF ALUMINUM.
  Organizations: ORMET ALUMINUM MILL PRODUCTS CORP (CONTACT/OWNER) , ROCK CREEK ALUMINUM, INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: BENS RUN RECYCING CONSOLIDATE ALUMINUM, ORMET ALUMINUM MILL PRODS. CORP., ORMET ALUMINUM MILL PRODUCTS C, ORMET ALUMINUM MILL PRODUCTSCO, OSI SPECIALTIES INC, ROCK CREEK ALUMINUM INC

• GE SILICONES WV LLC (3500 SO. STATE RT 2 in FRIENDLY, WV)

  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER BASIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING.
  Organizations: GE SILICONES WV, L.L.C. (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
  

• CK WITCO CORPORATION SISTERSVILLE PLANT (3500 SOUTH STATE ROUTE 2 in FRIENDLY, WV)

  AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1992-0318, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-03-1985-0134, ICIS-03-1981-0101, ICIS-03-1981-0102, ICIS-03-1981-0199,
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
  Business SIC classification: PLASTICS MATERIALS, SYNTHETIC RESINS, AND NONVULCANIZABLE ELASTOMERS; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRIMARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS, EXCEPT COPPER AND ALUMINUM
  Organizations: UNION CARBIDE COPORATION (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: CROMPTON CORP, GE SILICONES WV LLC, UNION CARBIDE - SISTERSVILLE, WITCO CORP., WITCO CORP.- ORGANOSILICONES GROUP

• ALUMITECH OF WEST VIRGINIA (3816 SOUTH STATE ROUTE 2 in FRIENDLY, WV)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
  Business SIC classification: SECONDARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS
  Alternative names: ALUMITECH OF WEST VIRGINIA, IN, RESOURCE LLC, RESOURCE RCOVERY INDUSTRIES, LLC

• FRIENDLY PSD (NORTH STATE ROUTE 2 in FRIENDLY, WV)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) - SDWIS-WV3304801 4185, WATER TREATMENT PLANT
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  

• DOMINION TRANSMISSION INC - BENS RUN (6 MILES N ST. MARY`S in BENS RUN, WV)

  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: DOMINION TRANSMISSION, INC. (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
  Alternative names: CNG TRANS CORP BENS RUN TERM

• CLEAN EARTH OF WV (160 NORTH WV RT 2 IND. PARK R in BENS RUN, WV)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SERVICES
  Organizations: CLEAN EARTH OF WEST VIRGINIA I (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: CLEAN EARTH OF WEST VIRGINIA I

• F M C CORP - SPECIALTY CHEM DIV (PO BOX 8127 in BENS RUN, WV)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business NAICS classification: ALKALIES AND CHLORINE MANUFACTURING.
  Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
  

• BENS RUN FACILITY (ROUTE 2 in BENS RUN, WV)

  OIL CONTROL (Facility Response Plan for oil discharge)
  Business SIC classification: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
  Organizations: DOMINION TRANSMISSION, INC. (CONTACT/GENERAL)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 20.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 12.3%

Population in 1990: 1,073.

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

• This state: 532
• Northeast: 22
• Midwest: 87
• South: 60
• West: 7

71% of the 26146 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in West Virginia.

99% of the 26146 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 150% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

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

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

• Finance and Insurance: Credit Unions (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Landscaping Services (1-4: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 26146 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Mary	11	72.3 years
William	9	76.7 years
John	8	71.5 years
James	8	69.6 years
George	7	74.5 years
Robert	7	66.3 years
Harry	6	77.2 years
Ethel	5	87.8 years
Virginia	5	71.2 years
Grace	4	84.7 years

Most common last names in zip code 26146 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Smith	15	71.1 years
Cline	8	70.9 years
Northcraft	8	83.5 years
Eddy	8	77.9 years
Wells	6	71.0 years
Dalrymple	6	68.5 years
Miller	6	79.0 years
Williamson	5	84.6 years
Barnhart	5	70.2 years
Knowlton	5	80.6 years