
West Virginia · FIPS 54057
Mineral ZIP codes — Mineral County, West Virginia
Quick answer
Mineral County is home to 26,922 residents with a median household income of $68,049 and a median home value of $180,400. 79.6% of households own their home and 14.3% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Mineral ZIP code? 8 ZIP code areas fall inside Mineral County, West Virginia, listed in full below.
- Population
- 26,922Mineral County residents
- Median household income
- $68,049Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $180,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $684Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 44.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 79.6%Owner-occupied households
Mineral County, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Mineral County is a small city in West Virginia, with 26,922 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 44.6 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 Mineral County earn a median of $68,049 a year, 13.4% below the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Mineral County is valued at $180,400, 40.5% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $684 a month, 51.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,208 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 79.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.
ZIP codes in Mineral County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Mineral County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in West Virginia
Largest Census places in West Virginia by population.
- Charleston city 47,918
- Huntington city 46,189
- Morgantown city 30,273
- Parkersburg city 29,461
- Wheeling city 26,670
- Martinsburg city 18,805
- Weirton city 18,785
- Fairmont city 18,303
- Beckley city 16,977
- Clarksburg city 15,829
- Teays Valley CDP 13,961
- South Charleston city 13,594
Nearby counties
Other counties in West Virginia.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Mineral County?
- Mineral County has 26,922 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Mineral County?
- Median household income in Mineral County is $68,049 a year, 13.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mineral County?
- Median gross rent is $684 a month and the median home value is $180,400, so rent absorbs about 12.1% of median household income.
- Is Mineral County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mineral County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Mineral County 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.