ZIP code · Princeton · West Virginia · United States
ZIP code 24740 — Princeton
ZIP code 24740 serves Princeton, West Virginia.
- Postal code
- 24740Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Princeton
- County
- Mercer FIPS 54055
- State
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 37.3799, -81.1175 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 16,559 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 541 / sq mi
- Land area
- 30.6 sq mi (79.3 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $46,272
- Per-capita income
- $31,091
- Median age
- 38.4
- Households
- 6,837
- Housing units
- 8,069
- Median home value
- $133,200
- Median gross rent
- $831 / month
- Congressional district
- WV-1 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7a (0 to 5 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
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Map of ZIP code 24740
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 82°F), coldest Jan (avg low 22°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 43 | 46 | 53 | 66 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 57 | 45 |
| Avg low °F | 22 | 24 | 30 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 52 | 40 | 31 | 27 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: ATHENS (5.8 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 24740
- 8 schools
- 2 hospitals & clinics
- 4 pharmacies
- 3 supermarkets
- 27 restaurants & cafés
- 10 parks
- 10 playgrounds
- 2 gyms & sports centres
- 1 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 45 places of worship
- 5 banks
- 10 gas stations
- 1 EV charging stations
- 3 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page