Which ZIP code in Preston County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

26525 (Bruceton Mills), at 18.3%, among 9 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Preston County, WV

These are the 9 ZIP codes in Preston County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 9 with at least 1,000 residents. 26525 (Bruceton Mills, 18.3%), 26537 (Kingwood, 13.2%) and 26519 (Albright, 10.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Preston County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Preston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	26525	Bruceton Mills	18.3%	8,630	2,117	2,453
2	26537	Kingwood	13.2%	5,276	2,310	2,453
3	26519	Albright	10.0%	2,363	850	822
4	26764	Terra Alta	6.8%	4,175	1,731	1,844
5	26444	Tunnelton	5.9%	3,490	1,507	1,274
6	26440	Thornton	4.6%	1,046	407	485
7	26542	Masontown	3.4%	2,067	890	735
8	26547	Reedsville	1.6%	2,828	1,056	868
9	26374	Independence	0.3%	1,676	650	712

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 9 of 16 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 8,515 households, on 23 carrier routes with 8,846 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Preston County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 26525 (Bruceton Mills), at 18.3%, among 9 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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