ZIP 24245 vs ZIP 24230

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24245 (Dungannon, VA) and ZIP 24230 (Coeburn, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24245 has a population of 1,129 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 24230 has 9,597 at 29 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 24245 reports a median household income of $36,008 against $48,573 in ZIP 24230, with per-capita income of $23,195 vs $24,442. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.6% in 24245 and 13.9% in 24230. Poverty rate reads 37.7% vs 16.1%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 10.4% — 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 $109,400 in 24245 versus $101,600 in 24230, with median rent of $434 and $771 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 48.4% vs 75.8%. 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.