| ZIP Codes: | 8 ZIP Codes (7 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 304 / 681 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:43 PM |
| Population: | 5,981 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 54071 |
| Land Area: | 695 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 38.6777, -79.3780 |
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5,981 residents live across 8 ZIPs covering 695 sq mi, served by 8 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 7,480 to 5,823 from 2014 to 2024 — a -22.2% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 5 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 26866 (Upper Tract, $92,378 median) and poorest ZIP 26804 (Circleville, $31,000) are 19.4 miles apart — a 3.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.7× across this county — from $95,600 in 26815 (Sugar Grove) to $255,000 in 26807 (Franklin).
Density varies 6× across the county — from 3 people/sq mi in 26884 (Seneca Rocks) to 14 in 26807 (Franklin).
Educational attainment ranges from 5.4% bachelor's+ in 26886 (Onego) to 36.6% in 26814 (Riverton) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within West Virginia, this is the #53 most populous of 55 counties and ranks #19 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $64,441 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
19.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (840 of 4,387 reporting).
7 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Pendleton County lost 20.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share:
| ZIP | City | Type | Population | Median Income | Area (sq mi) | 10-yr Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26807 | Franklin | Standard | 2,228 | $66,750 | 159.6 | -20.9% |
| 26866 | Upper Tract | Standard | 989 | $92,378 | 115.7 | 8.7% |
| 26802 | Brandywine | Standard | 893 | $43,750 | 123.7 | -33.6% |
| 26815 | Sugar Grove | Standard | 539 | $60,104 | 81.9 | -23.4% |
| 26804 | Circleville | Standard | 530 | $31,000 | 85.5 | -31.3% |
| 26814 | Riverton | Standard | 440 | $77,050 | 47.8 | 39.7% |
| 26884 | Seneca Rocks | Standard | 204 | $71,615 | 81.0 | -67.0% |
| 26886 | Onego | PO Box | 158 | $56,563 | 0.0 | — |