ZIP 24282 vs ZIP 40927

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24282 (Saint Charles, VA) and ZIP 40927 (Closplint, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24282 has a population of 727 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 40927 has 482 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 24282 reports a median household income of $31,369 against $52,381 in ZIP 40927, with per-capita income of $12,497 vs $35,872. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 24282 and 14.3% in 40927. Poverty rate reads 46.4% vs 34.2%, and unemployment 14.8% vs 9.4% — 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 $41,100 in 24282 versus $47,600 in 40927, with median rent of — and $650 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.5% vs 68.8%. 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.