ZIP 24541 vs ZIP 24549

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24541 (Danville, VA) and ZIP 24549 (Dry Fork, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24541 has a population of 28,221 at 149 people per square mile, while ZIP 24549 has 4,292 at 33 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 24541 reports a median household income of $51,427 against $55,186 in ZIP 24549, with per-capita income of $32,706 vs $31,109. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.1% in 24541 and 16.8% in 24549. Poverty rate reads 22.1% vs 7.8%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 2.4% — 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 $145,100 in 24541 versus $146,000 in 24549, with median rent of $864 and $1,051 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 53.7% vs 81.6%. 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.