26679 Zip Code (Summersville, WV) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,224
Zip code population in 2010: 1,896
Zip code population in 2000: 1,807

Houses and condos: 1,043
Renter-occupied apartments: 102
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 26679: 86.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 52.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.9 sq. mi.

Population density: 23 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: $844 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $493 (0.4%)

For population 25 years and over in 26679:

• High school or higher: 91.4%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
• Unemployed: 3.2%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 43.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 26679:

• Never married: 17.8%
• Now married: 58.8%
• Separated: 6.1%
• Widowed: 4.9%
• Divorced: 12.4%

• 
• • 1,22099.8%White
  • 30.2%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 26679, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $56,092 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$56,092
State:	$56,292

Salary/wage: $48,307 (reported on 78.2% of returns)

Here:	$48,307
State:	$49,093

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1150.0% for AGIs below $25k, 3228.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6728.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10760.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 22568.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $759 (reported on 21.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$759
West Virginia:	$1,141

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 14.4% for AGIs below $25k, 12.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 60.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 71.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,225 (reported on 10.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,225
State:	$5,456

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 48.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 62.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$8,343 (reported on 9.0% of returns)

Here:	+$8,343
State:	+$11,656

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 30.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 898.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$8,144 (reported on 11.5% of returns)

Here:	+$8,144
State:	+$12,084

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 99.4% for AGIs below $25k, 183.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 697.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $14,367 (reported on 7.7% of returns)

26679:	$14,367
West Virginia:	$15,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 168.9% for AGIs below $25k, 797.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $2,171 (reported on 17.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,171
State:	$2,258

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 101.1% for AGIs below $25k, 81.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 91.0%

Here:	91%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 89.7% for AGIs below $25k, 94.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 90.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 85.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 91.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 26679, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $47,572 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$47,572
State:	$48,628

Salary/wage: $45,720 (reported on 84.6% of returns)

Here:	$45,720
State:	$42,328

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 74.2% for AGIs below $25k, 79.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 78.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 85.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,057 (reported on 29.5% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,057
West Virginia:	$1,211

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $25k, 1.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,375 (reported on 10.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,375
State:	$4,262

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs below $25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,657 (reported on 9.0% of returns)

Here:	+$1,657
State:	+$8,875

Profit/loss from business: +$5,800 (reported on 10.3% of returns)

Here:	+$5,800
State:	+$13,636

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.9% for AGIs below $25k, 2.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $13,720 (reported on 6.4% of returns)

26679:	$13,720
West Virginia:	$11,787

Total itemized deductions: $19,142 (19% of AGI, reported on 15.4% of returns)

Here:	$19,142
State:	$21,148

Here:	19.3% of AGI
State:	18.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $5,143 (reported on 9.0% of returns)

Here:	$5,143
State:	$4,508

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.6% for AGIs below $25k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $6,367 (reported on 15.4% of returns)

26679:	$6,367
State:	$8,103

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,192 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,192
State:	$2,140

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.1% for AGIs below $25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 55.1%

Here:	55%
State:	49%

(% for various income ranges: 50.0% for AGIs below $25k, 52.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 58.3% 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 26679, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $32,797 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$32,797
State:	$37,498

Salary/wage: $31,508 (reported on 87.5% of returns)

Here:	$31,508
State:	$33,645

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 78.1% for AGIs below $10k, 76.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 85.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 87.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 86.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 79.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,104 (reported on 29.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,104
West Virginia:	$1,465

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.2% for AGIs below $10k, 2.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $681 (reported on 12.0% of returns)

Here:	$681
State:	$2,913

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,712 (reported on 6.9% of returns)

Here:	+$1,712
State:	+$6,331

Profit/loss from business: +$4,127 (reported on 13.5% of returns)

Here:	+$4,127
State:	+$11,074

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 12.4% for AGIs below $10k, 4.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, -0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,000 (reported on 1.8% of returns)

26679:	$2,000
West Virginia:	$2,796

Total itemized deductions: $15,250 (21% of AGI, reported on 12.2% of returns)

Here:	$15,250
State:	$16,976

Here:	21.2% of AGI
State:	19.0% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $3,470 (4% of AGI, reported on 8.7% of returns)

Here:	$3,470
State:	$3,529

Here:	4.2% of AGI
State:	3.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,717 (reported on 71.1% of returns)

26679:	$3,717
State:	$5,372

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.7% for AGIs below $10k, 3.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,613 (reported on 20.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,613
State:	$1,662

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 58.3%

Here:	58%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 47.1% for AGIs below $10k, 60.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 61.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 58.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 70.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 75.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 26684, 26681, 26680, 26678, 25981, 26662.
Summersville Zip Code Map

No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 69
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 505

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 14 (14 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 164 (127 now married, 36 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 26679 with a mortgage: 195
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $785
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $356

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

• Zip code 26679 household income distribution in 2022

• 116Less than $10,000
• 12$10,000 to $14,999
• 19$15,000 to $19,999
• 48$20,000 to $24,999
• 12$25,000 to $29,999
• 47$35,000 to $39,999
• 31$40,000 to $44,999
• 38$45,000 to $49,999
• 84$50,000 to $59,999
• 102$60,000 to $74,999
• 30$75,000 to $99,999
• 23$100,000 to $124,999
• 15$150,000 to $199,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 26679

• 25$10,000 to $14,999
• 16$25,000 to $29,999
• 26$30,000 to $34,999
• 13$50,000 to $59,999
• 46$60,000 to $69,999
• 25$70,000 to $79,999
• 51$80,000 to $89,999
• 26$100,000 to $124,999
• 26$125,000 to $149,999
• 118$150,000 to $174,999
• 45$175,000 to $199,999
• 69$200,000 to $249,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 26679

• 13$350 to $399
• 63$600 to $649
• 20$800 to $899
• 20$900 to $999

Median gross rent in 2022: $937.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $165,413
• Two or more races householders: $65,545

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $151,590 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $71,517 - $187,014

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $147,937

Here:	$147,937
State:	$206,655

Mobile homes: $29,215

Here:	$29,215
State:	$63,963

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 860
• Mobile homes: 178

Unemployment: 3.2%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 26679

• 88.8%390Drove a car alone
• 6.8%30Carpooled
• 1.8%8Other means

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 26679

• 1610 to 14 minutes
• 7415 to 19 minutes
• 8920 to 24 minutes
• 525 to 29 minutes
• 5030 to 34 minutes
• 1640 to 44 minutes
• 6545 to 59 minutes
• 7460 to 89 minutes
• 3590 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 52.2%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,224

• Male householders: 309 (166 living alone), Female householders: 270 (130 living alone)

• 267 spouses (267 opposite-sex spouses), 17 unmarried partners, (17 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 357 children (353 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 19 non-relatives

Size of family households: 98 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 71 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 294 1-person, 29 2-persons

324 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households ().

All residents speak English at home

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• GO-MART STORE 051 (.25 MI N OF RT 41 ON RT 19 S in MT NEBO, 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: 6.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.2%

Population in 1990: 1,698. Population change in the 1990s: +109 (+6.4%).

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

• This state: 1,002
• Northeast: 16
• Midwest: 112
• South: 48
• West: 32

73% of the 26679 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in West Virginia.

100% of the 26679 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• GAULEY DEVELOPMENT CORP. (RR 19 BOX NORTH in MOUNT NEBO, WV; small business)
  18 employees, $1115000 revenue.

  $36,000 with SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION for Boxes, Cartons, and Crates. Signed on 2002-03-15. Completion date: 2006-10-15.

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

• Mining: Support Activities for Coal Mining (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (10-19: 1, 1-4: 3)
• Wholesale Trade: Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals) (10-19: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): General Automotive Repair (5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing: General Rental Centers (5-9: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Offices of Certified Public Accountants (5-9: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Janitorial Services (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 8. The highest number of fire incidents - 28 took place in 2012, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (58.2%), and Outside Fires (23.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 26679
• 7158.2%Structure Fires
• 2923.8%Outside Fires
• 1411.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 86.6%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 26679, West Virginia

Most common first names in zip code 26679 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
James	15	73.3 years
William	12	72.4 years
John	7	77.4 years
Robert	7	65.9 years
Mary	6	77.0 years
Charles	5	75.2 years
Clarence	4	81.3 years
Gertrude	4	82.2 years
Homer	4	70.7 years
Alice	4	81.3 years

Most common last names in zip code 26679 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Dorsey	20	79.2 years
Mcclung	20	79.4 years
Huffman	20	77.3 years
Odell	19	81.3 years
Thomas	12	71.3 years
Backus	9	60.0 years
Hughes	9	80.3 years
Moore	8	77.1 years
Amick	8	77.6 years
Brown	8	63.9 years