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ZIP Code25755

Huntington, WV

Cabell County · West Virginia · United States
Home to 1,560 people across 0.085 square miles.

EasternTop 5% densityRenter-majority45 ZIPs in county

At a glance

25755 by the numbers

Every figure below comes from the 2019–2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the Census Gazetteer, or is computed from those. Margins of error are shown where they matter.

Population
1,560
±235 · 40th pctile nationally
Median household income
US median $70,109 ·
Median home value
US median $207,500 ·
Median age
19.4
US median 42 years
Population density
18k/mi²
top 1% most dense
Land area
0.085 mi²
negligible water area

Location

Where 25755 is

38.423592, -82.427923 · Census ZCTA internal pointOpen larger map →
Coordinates38.423592, -82.427923
Time zoneAmerica/New_York
CountyCabell County
StateWest Virginia (WV)
Land area0.085 mi²
Coordinate sourceCensus ZCTA internal point

Local time

America/New_York

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Distance to major cities

Straight-line, computed from coordinates

Atlanta, GA341.0 mi
Chicago, IL363.8 mi
Philadelphia, PA402.9 mi
New York, NY475.4 mi

People

Who lives in 25755

1,560 residents in 34 households, averaging 45.88 people per household. The largest age group is 18-24 at 99.0% of residents, and 100.0% of households are a single person living alone.

Age distribution

Share of residents by age band

Under 180.0%
18-2499.0%
25-341.0%
35-440.0%
45-540.0%
55-640.0%
65+0.0%

Households

Composition and size

Total households34
Average household size45.88
Family households0.0%
Living alone100.0%
Median age19.4 years

Race & ethnicity

Census race categories. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked separately and overlaps these groups.

White87.9%
Black8.1%
Other0.3%
Two or more3.7%
Hispanic / Latino1.5%

Income & work

What people earn in 25755

Income data is suppressed for this ZIP code.

Compared to the US

This ZIP against the national median

Median household income
Median household income±—
Per capita income$4,866
Poverty rate100.0%
Unemployment rate10.2%
Labor force participation40.3%

Household income distribution

Share of households in each bracket

<$25k100.0%
$25-50k0.0%
$50-75k0.0%
$75-100k0.0%
$100-150k0.0%
$150-200k0.0%
$200k+0.0%

Educational attainment among residents 25 and older: 31.2% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 100.0% finished high school.

Housing

Homes and rent in 25755

Housing cost data is suppressed for this ZIP code.

Costs

Typical values

Median home value
Median gross rent—/mo
Median year built
Housing units34
Vacancy rate0.0%

Own vs. rent

Of 34 occupied units

Owner-occupied0.0%
Renter-occupied100.0%
Owner households0
Renter households34

Building types

Units by structure size

20+ units100.0%

Getting to work

How 25755 commutes

35.2% of workers drove alone, and the average one-way trip takes 19.1 minutes.

Mode of transport

Workers 16 and older

Drove alone35.2%
Carpooled3.5%
Public transit6.3%
Walked32.6%
Bike3.1%
Worked from home10.6%

Travel time

Mean commute 19.1 minutes

<10 min40.9%
10-1929.0%
20-2910.1%
30-441.5%
45-5918.5%
60+0.0%

Overview

Understanding ZIP code 25755

ZIP code 25755 is assigned to Huntington, WV, and falls within Cabell County. Like every US postal code, it began as a mail-routing device rather than a geographic boundary — the US Postal Service groups delivery routes under a single code so carriers and sorting equipment can process mail efficiently. Today it also serves as a practical shorthand for the area itself: roughly 1,560 people live inside it.

At 18,353 residents per square mile spread over 0.085 square miles, 25755 reads as a dense urban area. It is a sparsely populated postal code, and density shapes almost everything else on this page — how people get to work, whether they own or rent, and what housing costs.

Living here

What life in Huntington looks like

The building stock is dominated by larger apartment buildings of twenty units or more, which account for 100.0% of housing units here. At 0.0%, vacancy is low — housing here is tightly held.

The population skews notably young, with a median age of 19.4 against 42 nationally. Households are relatively large at 45.88 people on average, with 0.0% classified as family households.

Getting to work takes 19.1 minutes on average one way. The dominant mode is drove alone at 35.2% of workers, while 32.6% walk, 10.6% work from home. Commute patterns are one of the better proxies for how a place actually functions day to day.

Where to stay

Where to stay in Huntington, WV

Huntington sits in a densely built environment, and accommodation in and around 25755 tends to reflect that — full-service hotels, boutique properties and serviced apartments packed close together, usually within walking distance of transit. Rates in dense urban codes move sharply with the calendar: midweek business demand and weekend leisure demand can price very differently.

For reference, Atlanta, GA is about 341.0 miles away in a straight line, which is worth factoring in if you are comparing a stay here against one closer to the city centre.

Availability and pricing change constantly, so the live search below will give you a more accurate picture than any figure we could publish here. It opens results for this area on Booking.com.

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Practical uses

What ZIP code 25755 is used for

Beyond addressing mail, 25755 does a lot of quiet administrative work. Retailers use it to calculate shipping and sales tax at checkout. Insurers use it to set premiums, since risk profiles vary geographically. Employers and marketers use it to define service areas. Government agencies use it to route benefits and organise reporting. If you have ever been asked for a postal code by a form that clearly does not intend to send you anything, this is why.

For anyone weighing a move, 25755 offers a compact profile of Huntington: 1,560 residents, 31.2% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, and an unemployment rate of 10.2%. A handful of figures like these answer more relocation questions than most neighbourhood guides do.

One caution worth repeating: a postal code is not a neighbourhood. 25755 may cover parts of several distinct areas, and a single neighbourhood in Huntington may be split across more than one code. Boundaries also shift as USPS adjusts delivery routes. Treat the figures here as describing a delivery area, which is what they actually measure.

Nearby

ZIP codes near 25755

The eight closest postal codes by centroid distance, each with its own full profile. You can also browse every West Virginia ZIP code or use the ZIP Express Lookup to search by city, county or time zone.

Other ZIP codes in Huntington

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Questions

Common questions about 25755

What city is ZIP code 25755 in?
25755 serves Huntington, West Virginia, in Cabell County, United States.
What is the population of 25755?
About 1,560 people live in ZIP code 25755, according to the US Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. The margin of error on that figure is ±235. That works out to roughly 18,353 people per square mile.
Is 25755 a good place to live?
That depends on what you're looking for, but here are the facts: 31.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the unemployment rate is 10.2%, and the median age is 19.4. The average commute is 19.1 minutes. We publish the numbers and let you weigh them.
What time zone is 25755 in?
25755 observes Eastern Time (America/New_York). This zone observes daylight saving time.
How big is ZIP code 25755?
ZIP code 25755 covers 0.085 square miles of land, per the US Census Bureau's 2023 Gazetteer files.
Is 25755 urban, suburban or rural?
By population density, 25755 reads as a dense urban area. It holds 18,353 people per square mile across 0.085 square miles of land. For reference, densities above 10,000 per square mile generally indicate an urban core, 1,000–3,000 is typically suburban, and under 200 is rural. These are rules of thumb rather than official designations — the Census Bureau classifies urban and rural areas by census block, not by ZIP code.
What is the commute like from 25755?
The average one-way commute from 25755 takes about 19.1 minutes. The most common way to travel is drove alone, used by 35.2% of workers aged 16 and over. Commute figures cover people who were employed and working outside the home during the survey period.
How many people work in 25755?
About 565 residents of 25755 are employed. Labor force participation stands at 40.3% and the unemployment rate is 10.2%. Note this counts residents by where they live, not by where they work — a ZIP with many offices can have far more jobs than employed residents.
Where should I stay when visiting 25755?
Accommodation in and around Huntington, WV ranges with the character of the area. See the 'Where to stay' section on this page for local context, and use the live search there for current availability and pricing.
Does 25755 cover more than one city or county?
This page lists Huntington as the primary place and Cabell County as the county. ZIP codes follow mail delivery routes rather than municipal or county lines, so a single code can straddle boundaries, and USPS also recognises alternate acceptable city names for many codes. If you need the definitive answer for a specific street address, the USPS ZIP Code Lookup is the authority.
Can ZIP code 25755 change?
Yes. USPS adjusts ZIP codes as delivery volumes shift — codes are occasionally split, merged, retired or newly created, and boundaries move more often than most people assume. The Census Bureau's ZCTA definitions, which underpin the demographic figures on this page, are redrawn only once a decade, so the two can drift apart between censuses.

Methodology

Where this data comes from

  • Postal geography — GeoNames open postal code database (CC BY 4.0), cross-checked against the US Census Gazetteer.
  • Demographics, income, housing, commute — US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates, ZIP Code Tabulation Area 25755. Tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B02001, B03003, B08301, B08303, B11001, B15003, B17001, B19001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25024, B25035, B25064, B25077, B28002.
  • Land and water area — US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer Files.
  • Weather — NOAA National Weather Service, fetched live in your browser.
  • Map — OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
On accuracy. ACS figures are survey estimates, not counts. The margin of error shown alongside the population figure means the true value has a 90% chance of falling in that range. For small ZIP codes the error can be large relative to the estimate — treat the direction as more reliable than the exact number. This page reports data for ZCTA 25755, the Census approximation of the USPS delivery area.