ZIP 24065 vs ZIP 24015

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24065 (Boones Mill, 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 24065 has a population of 6,141 at 28 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 24065 reports a median household income of $63,240 against $69,831 in ZIP 24015, with per-capita income of $34,820 vs $43,000. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.0% in 24065 and 47.7% in 24015. Poverty rate reads 9.1% vs 8.4%, and unemployment 2.9% 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 $251,200 in 24065 versus $267,500 in 24015, with median rent of $851 and $898 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.0% 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.