ZIP 24017 vs ZIP 24015

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24017 (Roanoke, VA) and ZIP 24015 (Roanoke, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24017 has a population of 23,392 at 1,008 people per square mile, while ZIP 24015 has 15,255 at 1,307 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 24017 reports a median household income of $47,360 against $69,831 in ZIP 24015, with per-capita income of $26,985 vs $43,000. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.0% in 24017 and 47.7% in 24015. Poverty rate reads 25.1% vs 8.4%, and unemployment 9.9% vs 2.8% — 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 $150,600 in 24017 versus $267,500 in 24015, with median rent of $979 and $898 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 55.0% vs 63.8%. 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.