Bethany is a town in Brooke County, West Virginia, home to about 1,039 people across 0.7 square miles. Its ZIP code is 26032, and parts of 26070 are in Bethany too.
Homes sold for a median of $118 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Bethany
Mostly Wellsburg; part is in Bethany
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Bethany. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)26 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Pittsburgh, PA34 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA287 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Bethany; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Bethany had 781 residents in the 2020 census, down 21% since 2000.
It’s the 145th largest of 429 towns in West Virginia by population.
Brooke County grew from 7,219 residents in 1900 to 22,559 in 2020.
Brooke County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 83°F in summer, and winter lows average 22°F. About 37.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wheeling Ohio Co Ap, WV weather station (6 miles away).
6,041 jobs at 366 businesses in Brooke County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Bethany.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Pharmacies
Libraries
Museums
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Wellsburg.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.