ZIP 24340 vs ZIP 24361

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24340 (Glade Spring, VA) and ZIP 24361 (Meadowview, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24340 has a population of 5,657 at 37 people per square mile, while ZIP 24361 has 5,431 at 37 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 24340 reports a median household income of $70,950 against $70,556 in ZIP 24361, with per-capita income of $35,508 vs $57,914. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.9% in 24340 and 18.9% in 24361. Poverty rate reads 9.2% vs 8.3%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 3.9% — 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 $184,000 in 24340 versus $195,400 in 24361, with median rent of $846 and $840 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.9% vs 79.8%. 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.