ZIP 24058 vs ZIP 24132

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24058 (Belspring, VA) and ZIP 24132 (Parrott, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24058 has a population of 324 at 53 people per square mile, while ZIP 24132 has 460 at 15 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 24058 reports a median household income of $60,625 against — in ZIP 24132, with per-capita income of $32,288 vs $32,641. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.0% in 24058 and 6.9% in 24132. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 10.7%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 6.4% — 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 $273,100 in 24058 versus $166,800 in 24132, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.1% vs 84.4%. 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.