ZIP Code 25936 — Thurmond town, WV Demographics & Data

ZIP code 25936 covers Thurmond, WV in Fayette County with a population of about 5.

It sits in telephone area codes 304, 681; U.S. House district WV-1; the BLUEFIELD - BECKLEY - OAK HILL media market.

On socioeconomic markers, US5 shows a poverty rate of 0.0%; unemployment rate near 0.0%; 100.0% of adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher (about 66.3 points above the national share (33.7%)).

Labor and commute patterns include leading industry context around Professional services; a mean commute of about 5.0 minutes (U.S. average near 26.8).

Housing tenure and rents show owner-occupancy near 0.0% (about 65.4 points below the national owner-occupancy rate (65.4%)).

FEMA’s National Risk Index rates natural-hazard risk for Thurmond town, WV as Relatively Low (composite score 53.4), which is near the middle of the national distribution. The strongest component scores on US5 are flood (72.9) and wildfire (49.5). These scores are county-linked NRI values published for planning context — all ZIP codes in the same county share the same composite score on US5. Useful when comparing insurance and disaster exposure across areas, not a substitute for a parcel-level flood or fire determination.

Climate normals for Thurmond town, WV show little to no average snow and around 47.9 inches of annual precipitation.

IRS migration statistics for ZIP 25936 (Thurmond town, WV) are roughly balanced (near-zero net) on US5’s published series.