ZIP 24503 vs ZIP 24536

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24503 (Lynchburg, VA) and ZIP 24536 (Coleman Falls, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24503 has a population of 19,331 at 179 people per square mile, while ZIP 24536 has 194 at 13 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 24503 reports a median household income of $89,137 against — in ZIP 24536, with per-capita income of $51,954 vs $24,394. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 60.2% in 24503 and 43.8% in 24536. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 0.0% — 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 $347,500 in 24503 versus — in 24536, with median rent of $1,053 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.0% vs 83.0%. 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.