| City: | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Names to Avoid: | Wv Dept Of Motor Veh |
| County: | Kanawha County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 4:13:09 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 304 / 681 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 38.3494, -81.6329 |
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The West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the state agency responsible for vehicle registration, driver licensing, and related services, operates under dedicated ZIP code 25317 in Charleston, the state capital. As a division of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, the DMV processes transactions for West Virginia's nearly 1.8 million licensed drivers and more than 1.5 million registered vehicles.
This unique postal designation has served the DMV's correspondence operations for more than two decades, predating USPS digital tracking. The entity alias was added to USPS records in May 2012. Thirteen ZIP+4 delivery codes route mail to the Department of Motor Vehicles facility on Kanawha Boulevard. Census Business Patterns data indicates 3 establishments employing 33 workers within this ZIP. Charleston is the valid mailing city.
| Establishments: | 3 |
| Employment: | 33 |
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 28 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 25317 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2023), there are 3 business establishments, employing about 32 people with an annual payroll of $1,900,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 75Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 3Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $531,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,900,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 32Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 25317 is located in Kanawha County, West Virginia, within the Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 16620) and West Virginia's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 207,456 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 25317. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Charleston, WVSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 16620Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 207,456Source: Census |
| MSA: | Charleston, WV MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 6275.56 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5414600Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Charleston city; West VirginiaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 25317 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on December 1, 2025.