ZIP 24501 vs ZIP 24502

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24501 (Lynchburg, VA) and ZIP 24502 (Lynchburg, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24501 has a population of 26,757 at 268 people per square mile, while ZIP 24502 has 43,426 at 604 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 24501 reports a median household income of $42,222 against $68,872 in ZIP 24502, with per-capita income of $24,047 vs $34,034. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.2% in 24501 and 37.9% in 24502. Poverty rate reads 23.5% vs 14.0%, and unemployment 8.0% vs 3.1% — 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 $174,900 in 24501 versus $228,100 in 24502, with median rent of $933 and $1,224 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.0% vs 52.3%. 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.