PlainZIP

Pound, VA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pound, VA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,541. 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 POUND-VA · Pound, VA 1 ZIPs · 5,541 pop · #23371/25278 · Wise County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $43,602
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23371/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Saint Paul
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,541
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $97,300

Nearest income peer: Saint Paul, VA ( $3,200 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 Pound

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Pound 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, Pound, 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.

8th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,541
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$43,602
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 ($43,602 average) · poverty 13.7%. The primary code (24279) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Pound as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 24279, is all of Pound

There is no split to weigh here: 24279 holds every one of Pound's 5,541 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Pound

Citywide ZBP: 52 establishments, 428 employees , annual payroll $17,315k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 24279 (52 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (14) · also Other services (except public administration) · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Pound, VA

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

Pound lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Wise County: Big Stone Gap, Wise and Coeburn earn more and Appalachia and Saint Paul earn less. Wise marks the far end of that range at $63,413, 45% above Pound.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
24279 5,541 $43,602 52 27
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Pound 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 Pound, .