ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 26205

Nicholas County, West Virginia: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

480
Violent rate /100K (county)
2,970
Population (ZIP)
33
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 26205 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 26205 sits within Nicholas County, WV, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Nicholas County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 480 violent and 33 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 26205 is the largest ZIP in Nicholas County by population, 2,970 residents (#2 of 16 county ZIPs), across 22.67 square miles (131/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Nicholas County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Nicholas County crime page linked below.

ZIP 26205 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The violent-led county proxy above is from Nicholas County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 26205 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$36,667
Median age
45.2 years
Owner-occupied homes
73%
Occupied homes
1,186

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 26205?

Participating agencies give Nicholas County a split reported profile: violent crime is 36% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 98% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 26205. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 26205 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#2 of 16). Its 2,970 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Nicholas County UCR book ZIP 26205 inherits

ZIP 26205 itself is about 131 people per Census sq mi across 22.7 sq mi (2,970 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 26205 accounts for roughly 12.1% of the county reporting population (2,970 of 24,604).

Nicholas County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in aggravated assault (94% of 126 offenses; mix index 8,811). ZIP 26205 inherits that county mix, not a postal-native split.

Nicholas County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +24% vs 2023; property counts -33% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Nicholas County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 26205

Similar county violent rate (~480/100K)

Similar Census population (~2,970)

County detail: Nicholas County · State atlas: West Virginia

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.