Estimated median household income in 2007: $33,774
| This zip code: | $33,774 | | West Virginia: | $37,060 |
Nearest zip codes: 26761, 26763, 26704, 26710, 26719, 26714.
Housing units in zip code 26757 with a mortgage: 646 (41 second mortgage, 54 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 504
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $802
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $246
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 16.4% | | Whole state: | 16.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 6.4% | | Whole state: | 7.0% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.9 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.3 | | State: | 4.5 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Churches in zip code 26757 include: Hotts Chapel (A), Mount Zion Baptist Church (B), Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church (C), Little Cacapon Church (D), Ebenezer Church (E), Fairview Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Bethel Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Brushy Run (A), Core Run (B), Devil Hole Run (C), Dumpling Run (D), Mayhew Run (E), Shawan Run (F), Long Run (G), North Fork Little Cacapon River (H), South Fork Little Cacapon River (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Three Churches Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 129
- 1995 to 1998: 202
- 1990 to 1994: 340
- 1980 to 1989: 590
- 1970 to 1979: 435
- 1960 to 1969: 340
- 1950 to 1959: 280
- 1940 to 1949: 185
- 1939 or earlier: 451
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Romney, WV (26757): |
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- no bedroom: 19
- 1 bedrooms: 50
- 2 bedrooms: 387
- 3 bedrooms: 901
- 4 bedrooms: 304
- 5 or more bedrooms: 66
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 9
- 1 bedrooms: 183
- 2 bedrooms: 263
- 3 bedrooms: 155
- 4 bedrooms: 52
- 5 or more bedrooms: 10
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Vehicles available in 26757 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 104
- 1 vehicle: 478
- 2 vehicles: 786
- 3 vehicles: 289
- 4 vehicles: 48
- 5 or more vehicles: 22
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 183
- 1 vehicle: 299
- 2 vehicles: 147
- 3 vehicles: 43
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 26757:
- Less than $10,000: 39
- $10,000 to $14,999: 20
- $15,000 to $19,999: 28
- $20,000 to $24,999: 29
- $25,000 to $29,999: 30
- $30,000 to $34,999: 26
- $35,000 to $39,999: 28
- $40,000 to $49,999: 67
- $50,000 to $59,999: 67
- $60,000 to $69,999: 81
- $70,000 to $79,999: 114
- $80,000 to $89,999: 124
- $90,000 to $99,999: 116
- $100,000 to $124,999: 330
- $125,000 to $149,999: 181
- $150,000 to $174,999: 104
- $175,000 to $199,999: 83
- $200,000 to $249,999: 126
- $250,000 to $299,999: 18
- $300,000 to $399,999: 37
- $400,000 to $499,999: 21
- $500,000 to $749,999: 30
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 26757:
- Less than $100: 37
- $100 to $149: 42
- $150 to $199: 43
- $200 to $249: 30
- $250 to $299: 58
- $300 to $349: 91
- $350 to $399: 73
- $400 to $449: 34
- $450 to $499: 33
- $900 to $999: 13
- $2,000 or more: 9
- No cash rent: 85
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $91,345.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $111,418
- Black or African American householders: $200,000
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $112,672 (it was $72,800 in 2000)
| 26757: | $112,672 | | West Virginia: | $96,000 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $70,357 - $180,727
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $168,720| Here: | $168,720 | | State: | $144,523 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $110,849| Here: | $110,849 | | State: | $155,391 |
In 2-unit structures: $62,846| Here: | $62,846 | | State: | $109,679 |
Mobile homes: $37,996| Here: | $37,996 | | State: | $32,459 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,933
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 62
- 5 to 9: 110
- 10 to 19: 45
- 20 to 49: 67
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 596
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 65

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,687 (72%)
- Carpooled: 458 (20%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 132 (6%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (1%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 156
- 5 to 9 minutes: 400
- 10 to 14 minutes: 395
- 15 to 19 minutes: 210
- 20 to 24 minutes: 147
- 25 to 29 minutes: 67
- 30 to 34 minutes: 214
- 35 to 39 minutes: 29
- 40 to 44 minutes: 37
- 45 to 59 minutes: 224
- 60 to 89 minutes: 274
- 90 or more minutes: 159
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 65.0%
Household type by relationship
Households: 5,532
- In family households: 4,683 (1,241 male householders, 341 female householders)
1,255 spouses, 1,556 children (1,389 natural, 51 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 30 other relatives, 144 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 849 (369 male householders (330 living alone)), 415 female householders (393 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 284 (245 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 716 2-persons, 384 3-persons, 333 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 723 1-person, 61 2-persons.
843 married couples with children.
395 single-parent households (101 men, 294 women).
97.9% of residents of 26757 zip code speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% very well, 13% well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% very well, 27% well, 21% not well).
Foreign born population: 58 (1.0%)
(50.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 1.0% | | Whole state: | 1.1% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (31%)
- Canada (17%)
- Pakistan (14%)
- India (12%)
- Panama (12%)
- El Salvador (10%)
- Philippines (3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 25
- 1990 to 1994: 4
- 1985 to 1989: 7
- 1980 to 1984: 3
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1965 to 1969: 19
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White population: 5,720
Black population: 68
American Indian population: 11
Asian population: 17
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 1
Some other race population: 14
Two or more races population: 42

First ancestries reported:
|  United States or American: 1046 |
|  German: 1023 |
|  Irish: 316 |
|  English: 294 |
|  Other groups: 292 |
|  Italian: 128 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 91 |
|  Scottish: 79 |
|  French (except Basque): 53 |
|  Dutch: 51 |
|  Polish: 43 |
|  French Canadian: 26 |
|  Portuguese: 25 |
|  Austrian: 21 |
|  British: 16 |
|  Yugoslavian: 15 |
|  European: 11 |
|  Welsh: 11 |
|  Swiss: 10 |
|  Scandinavian: 8 |
|  Arab:: 6 |
|  Lebanese: 6 |
|  Hungarian: 5 |
|  Russian: 5 |
|  Swedish: 5 |
|  Danish: 4 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 4 |
|  Slovak: 3 |

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- ASPLUNDH TREE SERVICE (ROMNEY DRUM SITE in ROMNEY, WV)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1988-0362, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
- 7-ELEVEN #16924 (209 W MAIN ST in ROMNEY, WV)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, 7-ELEVEN INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, SOUTHLAND CORPORATION (CONTACT/OWNER)
- ANGUS CHEMICAL CO (1 MI N ON RT 28 in ROMNEY, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
- EDS TRANSMISSION (RTE 50 E in ROMNEY, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, LEPLEY EDWARD (CONTACT/OWNER)
- CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE PSD (HC 63, BOX 3580 in ROMNEY, WV)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS)
Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
- CLEMS TOWING AND RECOVERY (49 SOUTH HIGH STREET in ROMNEY, WV)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: PAUL J CLEM JR (CONTACT/OWNER)
- COX SALVAGE YARD (POLAND ROAD in ROMNEY, WV)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS
Alternative names: COX, DENNIS J
- CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH (ROUTE 28 - FOUR MILES NORTH OF ROMNEY HC65 BOX1350 in ROMNEY, WV)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: OPERATORS OF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Alternative names: EQUERRIES INC
- DAVES EXXON (495 NORTH HIGH ST in ROMNEY, WV)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, GREENE DAVID L (CONTACT/OWNER)
- DYNO NOBEL INC (RTE 28 in ROMNEY, WV)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, PIEDMONT EXPLOSIVES (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: PIEDMONT EXPLOSIVES INC
- FANCY HARDWOODS INC. (APPLE FIELD ROAD in ROMNEY, WV)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: SAWMILLS AND PLANING MILLS, GENERAL
Alternative names: HUNG, MIKE
- CLEMS AUTO & TRUCK RPR (455 CENTER AVE in ROMNEY, WV)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
- FAIRVIEW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (BOX 18A, GRASSY LICK ROAD in ROMNEY, WV)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,148
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 7%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Electricity (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Wood (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2887
- Northeast: 333
- Midwest: 176
- South: 2249
- West: 96
66% of the 26757 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in West Virginia.
Population in 1990: 4,007. Population change in the 1990s: +1,866 (+46.6%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 3.3% | | West Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 8.0% | | West Virginia: | 4.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 8.6% | | West Virginia: | 15.4% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Residential Mental Retardation Facilities (100-249 employees: 1 establishment, 50-99 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 2 establishments, 5-9 employees: 3 establishments)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (100-249: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Ambulance Services (100-249: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 3, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (50-99: 1, 20-49: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Vocational Rehabilitation Services (50-99: 1, 5-9: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (50-99: 1, 5-9: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (50-99: 1, 1-4: 3)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
People in group quarters
- 93 people in nursing homes
- 87 people in institutions for the deaf
- 38 people in institutions for the blind
- 38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Fatal accident statistics in 2006
- Fatal accident count: 1
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 2
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 2
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 5
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
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