ZIP 24185 vs ZIP 24091

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24185 (Woolwine, VA) and ZIP 24091 (Floyd, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24185 has a population of 854 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 24091 has 7,215 at 16 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 24185 reports a median household income of $50,156 against $51,319 in ZIP 24091, with per-capita income of $27,448 vs $36,136. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 7.0% in 24185 and 26.7% in 24091. Poverty rate reads 16.0% vs 11.7%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.9% — 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 $164,900 in 24185 versus $248,200 in 24091, with median rent of — and $952 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.7% vs 84.0%. 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.