ZIP 24476 vs ZIP 24472

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24476 (Steeles Tavern, VA) and ZIP 24472 (Raphine, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24476 has a population of 280 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 24472 has 2,271 at 14 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 24476 reports a median household income of — against $51,429 in ZIP 24472, with per-capita income of $27,159 vs $36,360. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.6% in 24476 and 24.6% in 24472. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 11.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 8.1% — 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 $213,100 in 24476 versus $251,000 in 24472, with median rent of — and $873 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 85.5%. 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.