26346 Zip Code (Ellenboro, WV) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 655
Zip code population in 2010: 972
Zip code population in 2000: 867

Houses and condos: 238
Renter-occupied apartments: 35
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 26346: 83.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 27.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 24 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: $890 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $391 (0.3%)

For population 25 years and over in 26346:

• High school or higher: 93.3%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 26346:

• Never married: 32.6%
• Now married: 51.6%
• Separated: 0.9%
• Widowed: 4.7%
• Divorced: 10.3%

• 
• • 64598.8%White
  • 81.2%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 26346, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $53,822 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$53,822
State:	$56,292

Salary/wage: $45,045 (reported on 78.4% of returns)

Here:	$45,045
State:	$49,093

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1237.5% for AGIs below $25k, 2941.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6157.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 13440.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15230.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $255 (reported on 29.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$255
West Virginia:	$1,141

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.2% for AGIs below $25k, 8.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 53.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,075 (reported on 10.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,075
State:	$5,456

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 103.8% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$10,733 (reported on 8.1% of returns)

Here:	+$10,733
State:	+$11,656

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 402.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,267 (reported on 8.1% of returns)

Here:	+$5,267
State:	+$12,084

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 197.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $14,067 (reported on 8.1% of returns)

26346:	$14,067
West Virginia:	$15,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 527.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Earned income credit: $2,875 (reported on 10.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,875
State:	$2,258

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 63.7% for AGIs below $25k, 80.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 94.6%

Here:	95%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 100.0% for AGIs below $25k, 90.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 83.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 26346, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $46,796 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$46,796
State:	$48,628

Salary/wage: $39,550 (reported on 88.0% of returns)

Here:	$39,550
State:	$42,328

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 77.5% for AGIs below $25k, 77.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 147.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 58.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $367 (reported on 24.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$367
West Virginia:	$1,211

Ordinary dividends: $2,500 (reported on 8.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,500
State:	$4,262

Profit/loss from business: +$4,025 (reported on 16.0% of returns)

Here:	+$4,025
State:	+$13,636

Total itemized deductions: $17,025 (16% of AGI, reported on 16.0% of returns)

Here:	$17,025
State:	$21,148

Here:	15.6% of AGI
State:	18.1% of AGI

Taxes paid: $6,700 (reported on 16.0% of returns)

26346:	$6,700
State:	$8,103

Earned income credit: $1,800 (reported on 24.0% of returns)

Here:	$1,800
State:	$2,140

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.4% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 64.0%

Here:	64%
State:	49%

(% for various income ranges: 60.0% for AGIs below $25k, 71.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 50.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 150.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 26346, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $32,624 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$32,624
State:	$37,498

Salary/wage: $29,820 (reported on 85.9% of returns)

Here:	$29,820
State:	$33,645

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 86.7% for AGIs below $10k, 79.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 85.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 76.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 76.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,272 (reported on 39.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,272
West Virginia:	$1,465

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.2% for AGIs below $10k, 3.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $1,354 (reported on 11.1% of returns)

Here:	$1,354
State:	$2,913

Net capital gain/loss: +$4,171 (reported on 8.1% of returns)

Here:	+$4,171
State:	+$6,331

Profit/loss from business: +$3,173 (reported on 12.0% of returns)

Here:	+$3,173
State:	+$11,074

Total itemized deductions: $15,321 (19% of AGI, reported on 12.2% of returns)

Here:	$15,321
State:	$16,976

Here:	19.4% of AGI
State:	19.0% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $3,225 (4% of AGI, reported on 9.2% of returns)

Here:	$3,225
State:	$3,529

Here:	3.9% of AGI
State:	3.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,921 (reported on 70.3% of returns)

26346:	$3,921
State:	$5,372

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs below $10k, 3.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,438 (reported on 22.1% of returns)

Here:	$1,438
State:	$1,662

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 58.8%

Here:	59%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 63.2% for AGIs below $10k, 49.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 61.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 67.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 57.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 60.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 26337, 26415, 26170, 26362, 26146, 26421.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 2.5% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 19
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 193

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 8 (0 now married, 7 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 89 (36 now married, 53 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 26346 with a mortgage: 84
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $973
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $295

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

• Zip code 26346 household income distribution in 2022

• 3Less than $10,000
• 2$10,000 to $14,999
• 8$20,000 to $24,999
• 12$25,000 to $29,999
• 3$30,000 to $34,999
• 25$35,000 to $39,999
• 4$40,000 to $44,999
• 11$45,000 to $49,999
• 28$50,000 to $59,999
• 44$60,000 to $74,999
• 20$75,000 to $99,999
• 4$100,000 to $124,999
• 10$125,000 to $149,999
• 31$150,000 to $199,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 26346

• 15Less than $10,000
• 8$10,000 to $14,999
• 3$20,000 to $24,999
• 1$35,000 to $39,999
• 1$40,000 to $49,999
• 5$70,000 to $79,999
• 18$80,000 to $89,999
• 2$90,000 to $99,999
• 32$100,000 to $124,999
• 1$125,000 to $149,999
• 32$150,000 to $174,999
• 5$175,000 to $199,999
• 20$250,000 to $299,999
• 9$300,000 to $399,999
• 24$500,000 to $749,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 26346

• 4$300 to $349
• 29$400 to $449
• 5No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $555.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $140,366

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $127,654 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $82,467 - $210,524

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $217,059

Here:	$217,059
State:	$206,655

Mobile homes: $50,877

Here:	$50,877
State:	$63,963

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 176
• Two: 2
• 3 or 4: 5
• Mobile homes: 53

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 26346

• 78.7%159Drove a car alone
• 3.5%7Carpooled
• 10.4%21Walked
• 2.0%4Other means
• 2.0%4Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 26346

• 9Less than 5 minutes
• 85 to 9 minutes
• 4010 to 14 minutes
• 6015 to 19 minutes
• 220 to 24 minutes
• 825 to 29 minutes
• 1530 to 34 minutes
• 340 to 44 minutes
• 4345 to 59 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 78.2%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 655

• Male householders: 99 (12 living alone), Female householders: 116 (18 living alone)

• 129 spouses (129 opposite-sex spouses), 7 unmarried partners, (7 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 210 children (148 natural, 73 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 8 foster children, 0 other relatives, 37 non-relatives

Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 7 2-persons

119 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (8 men).

All residents speak English at home

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ELLENBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (100 SCHOOL STREET in ELLENBORO, WV)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-77203
  Organizations: RITCHIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• CREATIVE GLASSWARE CONCEPT (107 MAIN ST. in ELLENBORO, WV)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: RON CASTO (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• CITY OF PENNSBORO (418 MAIN ST. in ELLENBORO, WV)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: OPERATORS OF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
  Alternative names: ELLENBORO-LAMBERTON PSD

• ELLENBORO EXXON (120 SOUTH MAIN ST in ELLENBORO, WV)

  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 11.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.1%

Population in 1990: 880.

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

• This state: 437
• Northeast: 63
• Midwest: 101
• South: 50

75% of the 26346 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in West Virginia.

86% of the 26346 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 11% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 91% moved from different county within same 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: 22

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

• Mining: Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations (20-49 employees: 1 establishment, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (10-19: 1)
• Mining: Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction (5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (5-9: 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 fire incidents - 20 took place in 2018, and the least - 1 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (33.1%), and Structure Fires (32.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 26346
• 5333.1%Outside Fires
• 5232.5%Structure Fires
• 4326.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 127.5%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 26346, West Virginia

Most common first names in zip code 26346 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
William	12	77.7 years
John	11	76.7 years
Charles	8	79.0 years
Mary	7	87.5 years
Homer	6	77.2 years
James	5	70.4 years
Ruth	5	81.2 years
Albert	4	79.7 years
Margaret	4	76.7 years
Juanita	4	74.5 years

Most common last names in zip code 26346 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Delancey	6	70.5 years
Richards	6	70.2 years
Seese	6	82.3 years
Ball	5	80.0 years
Cunningham	5	78.8 years
Finley	5	76.2 years
Davis	5	72.4 years
Hinton	4	73.4 years
Alkire	4	75.5 years
Jones	4	70.5 years

Businesses in zip code 26346

• Dairy Queen: 1
• McDonald's: 1