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Appalachia, VA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Appalachia, VA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,939. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet APPALACHIA-VA · Appalachia, VA 1 ZIPs · 2,939 pop · #24186/25278 · Wise County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $37,795
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24186/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Saint Paul
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,939
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $53,800

Nearest income peer: Saint Paul, VA (+ $2,607 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Appalachia

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Appalachia on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Appalachia, VA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,939
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$37,795
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($37,795 average) · poverty 29.2%. The primary code (24216) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Appalachia as a pure owner town.

Within Virginia, Keller is the closest lower-income city and Cana the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Appalachia.

Population concentration

Appalachia's single ZIP 24216 carries the town

Appalachia is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 24216 is the entire residential footprint (2,939 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Appalachia

Citywide ZBP: 22 establishments, 258 employees , annual payroll $12,536k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 24216 (22 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (6) · also Retail trade · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Appalachia, VA

These ZIP codes sit in Wise County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Appalachia. See the Wise County roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Wise County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Appalachia, Big Stone Gap, Wise and Coeburn among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Wise marks the far end of that range at $63,413, 68% above Appalachia.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
24216 2,939 $37,795 22 17
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Appalachia roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Appalachia, .