ZIP 24318 vs ZIP 24311

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24318 (Ceres, VA) and ZIP 24311 (Atkins, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24318 has a population of 639 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 24311 has 1,977 at 19 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 24318 reports a median household income of $60,815 against $48,516 in ZIP 24311, with per-capita income of $22,190 vs $30,058. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.1% in 24318 and 14.5% in 24311. Poverty rate reads 13.6% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 12.0% vs 1.3% — 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 $57,000 in 24318 versus $93,100 in 24311, with median rent of — and $800 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.7% vs 74.0%. 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.