ZIP 24014 vs ZIP 24013

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24014 (Roanoke, VA) and ZIP 24013 (Roanoke, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24014 has a population of 16,570 at 224 people per square mile, while ZIP 24013 has 8,684 at 1,484 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 24014 reports a median household income of $70,381 against $51,290 in ZIP 24013, with per-capita income of $61,484 vs $22,183. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.1% in 24014 and 10.7% in 24013. Poverty rate reads 9.7% vs 17.4%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 3.4% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $266,100 in 24014 versus $121,300 in 24013, with median rent of $1,048 and $1,082 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.0% vs 43.7%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.