Ah, the 26426 zip of West Virginia, what a great place.
With 26426 having such a large population you'll never feel lonely, it's a well populated area. This are has an average number of college graduates. This is a low income neighborhood. Salem has an average number of people who were born far away. An average number of people choose military service here. Many people in the 26426 zip of Salem live below the poverty level. Lots of unmarried people here. This is an area where not many married couples with children live. An average number of foreign borns live here. Lots of people here speak a second language. A big chunk of the population is enrolled in school.
The 26426 zip has an average morning
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Most people here rent their homes. Housing costs here are below the national average. Rents here are average. Apartment renters in the 26426 zip of Salem spend a high percentage of their income on rent. Home owner costs are average here. Home owners here spend an average percentage of |
their income on housing costs. This is more a single people area than a family area. The average age for homes in Salem is average. There are lots of empty houses and apartments here. A large number of people here have recently moved. There's roughly the same number of houses as apartments here. Most of the homes here are normal size.
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STATISTICS
Latitude: 39.283256
Longitude: -80.560574
Elevation: 1011 feet
Persons per household: 2.58
Population: 5902
Households: 2464
Income per household: 64% of national average
Average house value: 55% of national average
Urban vs Rural population: 0%
Married couples with children: 53.7%
Married: 52.7%
Speak only English: 91.6%
From out of state: 74%
Foreign born: 3.9%
Moved in the last 5 years: 45.2%
Work at home: 2.5%
Average travel time to work: 28 minutes
People enrolled in school (to gr 12): 29.9%
People with a Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%
People in the military + veterans: 15.3%
Unemployment: 14.8%
People below poverty line: 34.8%
Number of vacant housing units: 13.9%
Urban vs rural housing: 0%
Homes owned by occupant: 73.6%
Rooms per home: 5.6
Detached homes: 71.9%
Median year structures were built: 1963
Median rent: 81% of national average
Rent of income: 25.7%
Median home owner cost: 80% of national average
Home owner cost of income: 21.6%
---Source: US Govt. Census 2000
This zip code is part of the Clarksburg Micropolitan Area
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Other zip codes near Salem, West Virginia 26426:
Bristol, West Virginia 26332, 3 miles away
Center Point, West Virginia 26339, 9 miles away
Reynoldsville, West Virginia 26422, 9 miles away
Wallace, West Virginia 26448, 9 miles away
Folsom, West Virginia 26348, 10 miles away
Camden, West Virginia 26338, 11 miles away
Smithfield, West Virginia 26437, 12 miles away
West Milford, West Virginia 26451, 12 miles away
* Distances listed are direct linear distances from the center of the zip to the center of the other zips.
Outdoors Recreation Around Salem, West Virginia 26426
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Lakes Near Salem, West Virginia:
Pennsboro Water Supply Lake, Ritchie , 5 miles away
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