ZIP 24019 vs ZIP 24020

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24019 (Roanoke, VA) and ZIP 24020 (Roanoke, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24019 has a population of 26,502 at 331 people per square mile, while ZIP 24020 has 455 at 642 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 24019 reports a median household income of $77,870 against — in ZIP 24020, with per-capita income of $40,839 vs $948. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.4% in 24019 and — in 24020. Poverty rate reads 8.2% vs —, and unemployment 2.1% vs 13.0% — 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 $260,800 in 24019 versus — in 24020, with median rent of $1,303 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.5% vs —. 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.