What is the population of Princeton city?

Princeton city has 5,780 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #28 of 439 in West Virginia.

What is the median household income in Princeton city?

Median household income in Princeton city is $44,428 a year, 43.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Princeton city?

Median gross rent is $830 a month and the median home value is $115,800, so rent absorbs about 22.4% of median household income.

Is Princeton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Princeton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Princeton, WV population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Princeton, West Virginia (Princeton, WV — Census place “Princeton city”) is 5,780 residents, ranking #28 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $44,428, the median home is worth $115,800 and median gross rent runs $830 a month. Looking for the Princeton West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Princeton, WV: 24740.

Population: 5,780Princeton city residents
Median household income: $44,428Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $115,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $830Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54%Owner-occupied households

Princeton ZIP codes (West Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Princeton.

The Princeton WV ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

24740

What the numbers mean in Princeton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Princeton city median would spend about 22.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.4% of residents and 54% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Princeton city, WV in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Princeton city is a mid-size town in West Virginia, with 5,780 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #28 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 43.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Princeton city earn a median of $44,428 a year, 43.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 21.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Princeton city is valued at $115,800, 61.8% below the national figure and 9% below the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $830 a month, 41% below the national figure, or roughly $9,960 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Princeton city?: Princeton city has 5,780 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #28 of 439 in West Virginia.
What is the median household income in Princeton city?: Median household income in Princeton city is $44,428 a year, 43.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Princeton city?: Median gross rent is $830 a month and the median home value is $115,800, so rent absorbs about 22.4% of median household income.
Is Princeton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Princeton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Princeton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.