Estimated zip code population in 2022: 2,816 Zip code population in 2010: 2,976 Zip code population in 2000: 2,998
Houses and condos: 1,248 Renter-occupied apartments: 177
% of renters here:
18%
State:
26%
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 26206: 83.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Land area: 73.8 sq. mi. Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 38 people per square mile
(very low).
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Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
This zip code:
0.5% ($430)
West Virginia:
0.5% ($821)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $356 (0.3%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $467 (0.6%)
Business Search- 14 Million verified businesses
Males: 1,472
(52.3%)
Females: 1,343
(47.7%)
For population 25 years and over in 26206:
High school or higher: 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
Unemployed: 9.8%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.4 minutes
For population 15 years and over in 26206:
Never married: 16.6%
Now married: 60.3%
Separated: 2.8%
Widowed: 6.0%
Divorced: 14.3%
Zip code 26206 compared to state average:
Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Estimated median house/condo value in 2022: $90,954
26206:
$90,954
West Virginia:
$155,100
According to our research of West Virginia and other state lists, there were 11 registered sex offenders living in 26206 zip code as of May 28, 2024. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in zip code 26206 is 295 to 1. The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this zip code is near the state average.
Median resident age:
This zip code:
49.6 years
West Virginia median age:
42.9 years
Average household size:
This zip code:
2.8 people
West Virginia:
2.3 people
Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 26206, filed in 2021:
Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $39,360 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here:
$39,360
State:
$56,292
Salary/wage: $36,806 (reported on 82.3% of returns)
Here:
$36,806
State:
$49,093
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1085.2% for AGIs below $25k, 3486.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5766.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9146.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14540.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Taxable interest for individuals: $413 (reported on 15.6% of returns)
This zip code:
$413
West Virginia:
$1,141
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.9% for AGIs below $25k, 5.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 45.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)
Ordinary dividends: $1,067 (reported on 3.1% of returns)
Here:
$1,067
State:
$5,456
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 16.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)
Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$450 (reported on 2.1% of returns)
Here:
+$450
State:
+$11,656
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.7% for AGIs below $25k)
Profit/loss from business: +$3,912 (reported on 8.3% of returns)
Here:
+$3,912
State:
+$12,084
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 101.8% for AGIs below $25k)
Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $12,525 (reported on 4.2% of returns)
26206:
$12,525
West Virginia:
$15,311
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 44.8% for AGIs below $25k, 353.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)
Earned income credit: $2,304 (reported on 28.1% of returns)
Here:
$2,304
State:
$2,258
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 139.4% for AGIs below $25k, 81.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)
Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 87.5%
Here:
88%
State:
93%
(% for various income ranges: 86.4% for AGIs below $25k, 88.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 91.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 87.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 85.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 26206, filed in 2013:
Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $39,177 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here:
$39,177
State:
$48,628
Salary/wage: $36,023 (reported on 87.4% of returns)
Here:
$36,023
State:
$42,328
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 76.4% for AGIs below $25k, 80.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 84.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 84.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 76.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Taxable interest for individuals: $950 (reported on 18.9% of returns)
This zip code:
$950
West Virginia:
$1,211
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Ordinary dividends: $900 (reported on 5.3% of returns)
Here:
$900
State:
$4,262
Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$833 (reported on 3.2% of returns)
Here:
+$833
State:
+$8,875
Profit/loss from business: +$5,789 (reported on 9.5% of returns)
Here:
+$5,789
State:
+$13,636
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.2% for AGIs below $25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.2% for AGIs $50k-75k)
Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $7,900 (reported on 4.2% of returns)
26206:
$7,900
West Virginia:
$11,787
Total itemized deductions: $21,080 (19% of AGI, reported on 5.3% of returns)
Here:
$21,080
State:
$21,148
Here:
19.3% of AGI
State:
18.1% of AGI
Charity contributions: $2,300 (reported on 2.1% of returns)
Here:
$2,300
State:
$4,508
Taxes paid: $6,780 (reported on 5.3% of returns)
26206:
$6,780
State:
$8,103
Earned income credit: $2,307 (reported on 28.4% of returns)
Here:
$2,307
State:
$2,140
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.8% for AGIs below $25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)
Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 52.6%
Here:
53%
State:
49%
(% for various income ranges: 45.8% for AGIs below $25k, 55.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 61.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 62.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 26206, filed in 2005:
Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,357 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here:
$29,357
State:
$37,498
Salary/wage: $27,298 (reported on 88.0% of returns)
Here:
$27,298
State:
$33,645
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 74.4% for AGIs below $10k, 79.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 89.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 87.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 92.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 40.4% for AGIs over 100k)
Taxable interest for individuals: $965 (reported on 21.5% of returns)
This zip code:
$965
West Virginia:
$1,465
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.9% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.7% for AGIs over 100k)
Taxable dividends: $564 (reported on 5.9% of returns)
Here:
$564
State:
$2,913
Net capital gain/loss: +$5,469 (reported on 3.4% of returns)
Here:
+$5,469
State:
+$6,331
Profit/loss from business: +$4,263 (reported on 12.6% of returns)
Here:
+$4,263
State:
+$11,074
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.5% for AGIs below $10k, 3.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)
Total itemized deductions: $15,086 (18% of AGI, reported on 3.7% of returns)
Here:
$15,086
State:
$16,976
Here:
18.5% of AGI
State:
19.0% of AGI
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)
Charity contributions deductions: $3,150 (4% of AGI, reported on 2.1% of returns)
Here:
$3,150
State:
$3,529
Here:
4.4% of AGI
State:
3.7% of AGI
Total tax: $3,526 (reported on 64.1% of returns)
26206:
$3,526
State:
$5,372
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.3% for AGIs below $10k, 2.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18.9% for AGIs over 100k)
Earned income credit: $1,724 (reported on 28.7% of returns)
Here:
$1,724
State:
$1,662
Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 52.5%
Here:
52%
State:
55%
(% for various income ranges: 46.3% for AGIs below $10k, 53.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 54.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 55.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 50.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 86.7% for AGIs over 100k)
Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 191 Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 808
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 62 (63 now married, 0 unmarried) Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 392 (160 now married, 231 unmarried)
Housing units in zip code 26206 with a mortgage: 261 (15 second mortgage, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $758 Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $289
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
This zip code:
10.7%
Whole state:
17.9%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:
This zip code:
7.3%
Whole state:
9.7%
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
6.3
State:
6.5
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.9
State:
4.7
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages
Cemeteries: Hoover Cemetery (1), Boggs Cemetery (2), McElwain Cemetery (3), Handschumacher Cemetery (4), Dunlap Memorial Garden Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Rich Fork (A), Lincamp Branch (B), Laurel Run (C), Kate Run (D), Johnson Branch (E), Jacks Run (F), Glade Run (G), Given Run (H), Cat Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
In group quarters: 63 (-1 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 407 2-persons, 164 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 307 1-person, 32 2-persons
375 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (2 men, 16 women).
100.3% of residents of 26206 zip code speak English at home.
Foreign born population: 2 (0.1%) (100.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
0.1%
Whole state:
1.8%
24%German
20%English
12%American
10%Scotch-Irish
5%Italian
3%Irish
2%European
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
02010 or later
02000 to 2009
01990 to 1999
47Before 1990
Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
CSX TRANSPORATION (NEW RIVER GORGE in COWEN, WV)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1998-0395, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1998-0395, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION Business SIC classification: REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
EVERGREEN MINING CO (2M E OF RT 20 & RT 82 in COWEN, WV)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: BITUMINOUS COAL AND LIGNITE SURFACE MINING Alternative names: EVERGREEN MINING CO, COWEN PREP PLANT #1, ICG EASTERN LLC, ICG EASTERN LLC BIRCH RIVER MINE
COASTAL COAL- WEST VIRGINIA, LLC (61 MISSOURE RUN ROAD in COWEN, WV)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: BITUMINOUS COAL AND LIGNITE SURFACE MINING Business NAICS classification: ANTHRACITE MINING. Organizations: COASTAL COAL-WEST VIRGINIA LLC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: ANR COAL COMPANY, COASTAL COAL- WEST VLRGINIA, LLC
COWEN PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT (PO BOX 457 in COWEN, WV)
FALLS AUTOMOTIVE & REPAIR (3 MI W OF COWEN ON RTE 82 in COWEN, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: ALFRED J FALL (CONTACT/OWNER)
COWEN PSD (P.O. BOX 457 in COWEN, WV)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
BILLS BODY SHOP (120 THOMAS DR in COWEN, WV)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: WILLIAM R SNYDER (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.7% Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.4%
59.8%Electricity
20.6%Wood
9.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
5.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
3.6%Utility gas
0.5%Other fuel
Population in 1990: 2,469. Population change in the 1990s: +529 (+21.4%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 2,371
Northeast: 81
Midwest: 145
South: 106
West: 27
68% of the 26206 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in West Virginia.
87% of the 26206 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% moved from this county. Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% moved from different county within same state. Out of people who lived in different houses, 2% moved from different state.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
Here:
12.4%
West Virginia:
12.2%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school):
Here:
0.0%
West Virginia:
8.8%
Students in private undergraduate colleges:
Here:
0.0%
West Virginia:
17.3%
Occupation by median earnings in the past 12 months ($)
99,412Construction and extraction occupations
76,576Management occupations
59,100Health technologists and technicians
56,612Education, training, and library occupations
46,071Material moving occupations
34,669Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
LESLIE EQUIPMENT CO (6248 WEBSTER RD in COWEN, WV; small business) : $144,161 in 22 contractsfrom 2002 to 2006
Contracts for Tractors, Full Tracked, High Speed, Tractors, Wheeled, Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Engines, Turbines, and Components, Miscellaneous Vehicular Components, and moreby Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System, Forest Service, and others Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $16,497; 2003: $0; 2004: $74,740; 2005: $40,408; 2006: $12,516.
Biggest contracts:
$14,227 with Army for Tractors, Full Tracked, High Speed. Signed on 2004-08-31. Completion date: 2004-09-20.
$14,227 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Tractors, Full Tracked, High Speed. Signed on 2004-08-31. Completion date: 2004-09-20.
$11,600 with Army for Tractors, Wheeled. Taking place in KY. Signed on 2004-05-27. Completion date: 2004-06-01.
$11,600 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Tractors, Wheeled. Taking place in KY. Signed on 2004-05-27. Completion date: 2004-06-01.
AMFM, INC (ERBACON RD in COWEN, WV)
$38,000 with Department of Veterans Affairs for Nursing Home Care Contracts. Signed on 2000-08-15. Completion date: 2000-11-15.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Wholesale Trade: Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (100-249: 1)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (50-99: 1)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Continuing Care Retirement Communities (50-99: 1)
Information: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services (50-99: 1)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (20-49: 1)
Health Care and Social Assistance: All Other Outpatient Care Centers (20-49: 1)
Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (20-49: 1)
People in group quarters in 2010:
58 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
People in group quarters in 2000:
57 people in nursing homes
Fatal accident statistics in 2011:
Fatal accident count: 1
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
Fatalities: 1
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 1
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 22. The highest number of fires - 50 took place in 2008, and the least - 9 in 2017. The data has a rising trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (56.1%), and Outside Fires (16.3%).
Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 26206
(52.3%)
(47.7%)
Nearest zip codes: 26266, 26208, 26203, 26691, 26205, 26288.
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 22. The highest number of fires - 50 took place in 2008, and the least - 9 in 2017. The data has a rising trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (56.1%), and Outside Fires (16.3%).