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Pennington Gap, VA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pennington Gap, VA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,849. 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 PENNINGTON-GAP-VA · Pennington Gap, VA 1 ZIPs · 5,849 pop · #24723/25278 · Lee County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $31,737
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24723/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Charles
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 65% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,849
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $86,200

Nearest income peer: Saint Charles, VA ( $368 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 Pennington Gap

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Pennington Gap 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, Pennington Gap, VA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

2nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,849
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$31,737
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 ($31,737 average) · poverty 36.5%. The primary code (24277) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (64.9%) for this income tier, rent $772 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Virginia, Pilgrims Knob is the closest lower-income city and Jewell Ridge the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Pennington Gap.

Population concentration

Pennington Gap's single ZIP 24277 carries the town

Pennington Gap is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 24277 is the entire residential footprint (5,849 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Pennington Gap's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 98 establishments, 1,040 employees , annual payroll $37,020k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 24277 (98 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (20) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Pennington Gap, VA

These ZIP codes sit in Lee County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Pennington Gap. See the Lee County roll-up →

Every one of the 7 cities sharing Lee County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Pennington Gap, Jonesville, Ewing and Rose Hill among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Ewing marks the far end of that range at $78,281, 147% above Pennington Gap.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
24277 5,849 $31,737 98 43
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Pennington Gap 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 Pennington Gap, .