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ZIP Code 25801

Zip code area 25801 in Beckley, Raleigh County, WV

  •   State: 
    West Virginia
      Counties: 
    Raleigh County
      Cities: 
    Beckley
      County FIPS: 
    54081
      Area total: 
    99.621 sq mi
      Area land: 
    99.139 sq mi
      Area water: 
    0.482 sq mi
      Elevation: 
    241 feet
  •   Latitude: 
    37,7906
      Longitude: 
    -81,1997
      Dman name cbsa: 
    Beckley WV
      Timezone: 
    Eastern Standard Time (EST) UTC-5:00; Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) UTC-4:00
      Coordinates: 
    37.81451, -81.25467
      GMAP: 

    West Virginia 25801, USA

  •   Population: 
    31,632 individuals
      Population density: 
    4,756.75 people per square miles
      Households: 
    6,682
      Unemployment rate: 
    8.4%
      Household income: 
    $42,880 average annual income
      Housing units: 
    14,925 residential housing units
      Health insurance: 
    5.1% of residents who report not having health insurance
      Veterans: 
    1.0% of residents who are veterans

The ZIP 25801 is a South ZIP code and located in the preferred city/town Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia with a population estimated today at about 30.679 peoples. The preferred city may be different from the city where the zip code 25801 is located. Beckley is usually the name of the main post office. When sending a package or mail, always indicate your preferred or accepted cities. Using any city from the list of invalid cities may result in delays.

Beckley is the primary city, obsolete and unacceptable cities or spellings are East Beckley.

  • Living in the postal code area 25801 of Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia 50.2% of population who are male and 49.8% who are female.

    The median age for all people, for males & for females based on 2020 Census data. Median is the middle value, when all possible values are listed in order. Median is not the same as Average (or Mean).

  • Household income staggered according to certain income ranges.

    The median commute time of resident workers require for a one-way commute to work in minutes.

    The distribution of different age groups in the population of the zip code area of Beckley, Raleigh County 25801.

    The percentage distribution of the population by race.

    Estimated residential value of individual residential buildings as a percentage.

    The age of the building does not always say something about the structural condition of the residential buildings.

    The percentage of education level of the population.

Raleigh County

  •   State: 
    West Virginia
      County: 
    Raleigh County
      Zips: 
    25048
    25062
    25880
    25911
    25180
    25919
    25008
    25060
    25853
    25902
    25044
    25836
    25851
    25857
    25906
    25908
    25174
    25007
    25817
    25849
    25909
    25989
    25802
    25920
    25915
    25927
    25839
    25865
    25878
    25932
    25818
    25873
    25823
    25825
    25140
    25871
    25813
    25843
    25844
    25921
    25918
    25832
    25827
    25880
    25813
    25801
      Coordinates: 
    37.771364212271266, -81.2486360766109
      Area total: 
    609.35 sq. mi., 1578.20 sq. km, 389982.08 acres
      Area land: 
    605.36 sq. mi., 1567.87 sq. km, 387429.12 acres
      Area water: 
    3.99 sq. mi., 10.33 sq. km, 2552.96 acres
      Established: 
    1850
      Capital seat: 

    Beckley
    Address: 116 1/2 N. Heber St.
    Beckley, WV
    Governing Body: County Commission with 3 board size
    Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule

  • Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States

  •   Population: 
    74,591; Population change: -5.41% (2010 - 2020)
      Population density: 
    123 persons per square mile
      Household income: 
    $38,879
      Households: 
    32,438
      Unemployment rate: 
    8.90% per 30,524 county labor force
  •   Sales taxes: 
    6.00%
      Income taxes: 
    6.50%
      GDP: 
    $2.84 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
  • Raleigh County's population of West Virginia of 68,072 residents in 1930 has increased 1,1-fold to 74,591 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.

    Approximately 50.46% female residents and 49.54% male residents live in as of 2020, 62.31% in Raleigh County, West Virginia are married and the remaining 37.69% are single population.

    As of 2020, 62.31% in Raleigh County, West Virginia are married and the remaining 37.69% are single population.

  •   Housing units: 
    34,581 residential units of which 87.70% share occupied residential units.

    27.6 minutes is the average time that residents in Raleigh County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61­–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.

    83.39% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 11.86% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.32% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 1.96% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.

  • Of the total residential buildings in Raleigh County, West Virginia 67.71% are owner-occupied homes, another 20.43% are rented apartments, and the remaining 11.86% are vacant.

  • The 21.52% of the population in Raleigh County, West Virginia who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.

    Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 62.100%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 36.230%) of those eligible to vote in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

Beckley

Beckley, West Virginia

  •   State: 
    West Virginia
      County: 
    Raleigh County
      City: 
    Beckley
      County FIPS: 
    54081
      Coordinates: 
    37°46′41″N 81°11′17″W
      Area total: 
    9.51 sq mi
      Area land: 
    9.50 sq mi (24.60 km²)
      Area water: 
    0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)
      Elevation: 
    2,418 ft (737 m)
  •   Latitude: 
    37,7788
      Longitude: 
    -81,1878
      Dman name cbsa: 
    Beckley, WV
      Timezone: 
    Eastern Standard Time (EST) UTC-5:00; Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) UTC-4:00
      ZIP codes: 
    25801
    25802
      GMAP: 

    Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States

  •   Population: 
    17,286
      Population density: 
    1,821.49 residents per square mile of area (703.28/km²)
      Household income: 
    $37,911
      Households: 
    7,449
      Unemployment rate: 
    7.50%
  •   Sales taxes: 
    6.00%
      Income taxes: 
    6.50%

Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It was founded on April 4, 1838. The city sits atop the Allegheny Plateau, with the more steeply eroded Logan Plateau bordering to the west and the highland Allegheny Mountains lying to the east. This city is the home of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology or WestVirginia University, Beckley Campus.Beckley was named in honor of John James Beckley, who was the first Clerk of the House of Representatives and the first Librarian of Congress. It is sometimes called the "Smokeless Coal Capital", "The City of Champions" and the "Gateway To Southern West Virginia." During the presidential primaries of 1960, the vehicles of rivals John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey stopped at the same streetcorner in Beckley and chatted briefly. The town was originally located in Fayette County, Virginia. In 1850 the act of the Virginia legislature creating Raleigh County named Beckley the county Seat. The area surrounding Beckley was long home to many indigenous peoples. Early encounters describe the land as being an ancestral home to the Catawba-speaking Moneton people, who referred to the surrounding area as Okahok Amai, and were allies of the Monacan people. Cherokee and Shawnee and Yuchi peoples also claim the area as included in their traditional lands. Beckley is mostly contained in the Piney Creek watershed, which flows into the New River National Park and Reserve. It has an average of only 1.3 of a maximum above 90 °C (32 °C) annually.

History

Beckley was named in honor of John James Beckley, who was the first Clerk of the House of Representatives and the first Librarian of Congress. It was founded by his son, Alfred Beckley (US Army lieutenant and brigadier general of Virginia militia), who was from the District of Columbia. Although founded in 1838, Beckley existed only on paper at that time, "Alfred Beckley said he "was frequently jeered and laughed at for his Paper Town..." During the presidential primaries of 1960, the vehicles of rivals John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey stopped at the same streetcorner in Beckley. The city is sometimes called the "Smokeless Coal Capital", "The City of Champions" and the "Gateway To Southern West Virginia." The town was originally located in Fayette County, Virginia. In 1850 the act of the Virginia legislature creating Raleigh County named Beckley the county seat. The town is now located in Raleigh County, West Virginia, and is known as Beckley or Beckleyville. The area surrounding Beckley was long home to many indigenous peoples. Early encounters describe the land as being an ancestral home of the Catawba-speaking Moneton people, who referred to the surrounding area as Okahok Amai, and were allies of the Monacan people. Cherokee and Shawnee and Yuchi peoples also claim the area as included in their traditional lands. Waves of conflict and displacement connected to European settler-colonial conquest also resulted in varied communities finding home and refuge in southern West Virginia.

Geography

The city sits atop the Allegheny Plateau, with the more steeply eroded Logan Plateau bordering to the west and the highland Allegheny Mountains lying to the east. The city straddles the border between USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6B and 7A. Summers are warm and humid, usually a few degrees cooler than lower-elevation places within the state, with an average of only 1.3 days of a maximum at or above 90 °F (32 °C) annually. Winters are generally cold and snowy with occasional intervening milder periods and anAverage of 1.4 nights annually with a minimum of 0 °C (18 °F) or lower. Normal monthly daily mean temperatures range from 32.2°F (0.1°C) in January to 71.6°F(22.0 °C), on average, in July. Snowfall varies with an Average of 55.9 inches (142 cm) per season and mostly occurs from December to March with an occasional snowfall in November of (usually) 23 inches (58 cm) The city has a total area of 9.50 square miles (24.60 km²) according to the U.S. Census Bureau, of which 9.49 square miles is land and 0.01 sq mi is water. It is mostly contained in the Piney Creek watershed, which flows into the New River National Park and Reserve. It has a growing season of 165 days, allowing for a first and last occurrences of freezing temperatures in the cooler season.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 17,614 people, 7,800 households, and 4,414 families living in the city. There were 8,839 housing units at an average density of 931.4 per square mile (359.6/km²) The racial makeup of the city was 72.3% White, 21.2% African American, 0.3%. Native American, 2.4% Asian, 0,5% from other races, and 3.2%. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5%. The median income for a household in theCity was $28,122, and the median income. for a family was $38,110. The per capita income for the citywas $18,912. About 16.4%. of families and 20.9% of the population were below the poverty line. The city's population was 46.6% male and 53. 4% female in the 2010 census. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was2.85. In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, 8.3. from 18 to 24, 25.3%) from 25 to 44, 24.4%) from 45 to 64. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there are 82.0 males. For each 100 females age 18 and over,there are 77.1 males.

Arts and culture

The Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine is a preserved coal mine that offers daily tours and a history lesson on coal mining in Appalachia. The Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia includes a planetarium, boxcars and a homestead with a weaver's shed. The museum was built in 1996 at a cost of $10 million and dedicated to former Governor Gaston Caperton. The West Virginia Museum of Art and Craft is a showcase of Appalachian arts and crafts. The Museum of Arts and Crafts is a museum of Appalachian art and crafts, built in 1995. The Children's Museum of West Virginia is a display of children's art, crafts, and culture. It was built by the West Virginia Children's Foundation in 1998. The youth museum was opened in 2000. The state's tourism industry is one of the fastest growing in the United States. It has a population of 1.2 million, up from 1.1 million in the early 1990s. It is the second largest state in the U.S. after Virginia. It also has the highest per-capita income in the state, at $1.2 billion. The tourism industry has a long history of success in West Virginia, with the state's economy growing at a rate of 4.7 percent in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2010, the state recorded its highest-ever tourism growth, with a 7.8 percent increase in the first quarter of that year. It had a record-breaking year in 2008, with 1.7 million visitors.

Education

Woodrow Wilson High School is Beckley's public high school. West Virginia University Institute of Technology, University of Charleston-Beckley, and a branch campus of Concord University are located in the city. Valley College is located in Beckley; New River Community and Technical College is in the nearby community of Beaver; and the nonprofit, nondenominational Appalachian Bible College is Located just outside the city limits, in nearby Bradley. Beckley is home to West Virginia State University, which was founded in 1903. The city is also home to the West Virginia Military Institute, which dates back to the 19th century. It is also the home of West Virginia Tech, the state's only technical college. The town has a history of being a center for the arts and culture. It was the site of the first college in the U.S. in the early 1900s. It has also been home to a number of other colleges and universities, including West Virginia Wesleyan and the University of the South. It also has a chapter of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the oldest of its kind in the United States. The West Virginia Institute of Art and Design is based in the town, and has been there since the 1930s. The Beckley School District was established in the 1950s and is the city's oldest public school district. The school district has been in operation since the 1960s, when it was founded by the town's first mayor. The district also has its own high school, which opened in 1961.

Infrastructure

The city is the regional hub for over 100,000 Southern West Virginia residents. It is the ninth-largest city in West Virginia, exceeded in population by Martinsburg and followed by Clarksburg. Amtrak serves Beckley at Prince Station in Prince as part of the Cardinal line running from Chicago to Washington DC. Raleigh County Memorial Airport is served by Contour Airlines with service to Charlotte and Parkersburg. Beckley is home to West Virginia Public Broadcasting's WSWP, WVVA, and WVNS-TV. The city is also home to The Register Herald, The Register-Herald, and West Virginia University's WVSU-TV, which is a member of the West Virginia College of Journalism and Information Technology (WVU-CIT). The city's only airport is Raleigh CountyMemorial Airport, with flights to Charlotte, Parkersberg, and Morgantown, as well as flights to Raleigh County, MorgantOWN, Raleigh County and Raleigh County Airport in Raleigh County County, West Virginia. It also has a private airport, Raleigh-Charlotte Airport, which has flights to Charleston and Raleigh-Durham, and to Raleigh-Fayetteville, and a private airline, Air Canada. The town is located on the Ohio River, which runs through West Virginia and into Ohio. The Ohio River runs through the state, and runs through Beckley. The state's only port is at Prince, where it is connected to the Ohio and Ohio rivers by rail.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia = 85.1. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 80. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 99. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Beckley = 4.1 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 17,286 individuals with a median age of 43.9 age the population dropped by -3.91% in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,821.49 residents per square mile of area (703.28/km²). There are average 2.14 people per household in the 7,449 households with an average household income of $37,911 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 7.50% of the available work force and has dropped -6.25% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 20.00%. The number of physicians in Beckley per 100,000 population = 251.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Beckley = 41.3 inches and the annual snowfall = 38.4 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 138. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 155. 80 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 20.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 52, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia which are owned by the occupant = 54.94%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 50 years with median home cost = $91,670 and home appreciation of -1.69%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $5.36 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,292 per student. There are 15.6 students for each teacher in the school, 1193 students for each Librarian and 151 students for each Counselor. 5.50% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 12.92% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 8.09% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).

  • Beckley's population in Raleigh County, West Virginia of 2,444 residents in 1900 has increased 7,07-fold to 17,286 residents after 120 years, according to the official 2020 census.

    Approximately 54.32% female residents and 45.68% male residents live in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia.

    As of 2020 in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia are married and the remaining 47.94% are single population.

  • 20.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Beckley require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61­–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.

    81.04% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.64% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.37% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.14% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.

  • Of the total residential buildings in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, 54.94% are owner-occupied homes, another 31.62% are rented apartments, and the remaining 13.44% are vacant.

  • The 21.52% of the population in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.

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