ZIP 24607 vs ZIP 24628

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24607 (Breaks, VA) and ZIP 24628 (Maxie, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24607 has a population of 462 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 24628 has 295 at 18 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 24607 reports a median household income of $92,361 against — in ZIP 24628, with per-capita income of $41,734 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.7% in 24607 and — in 24628. Poverty rate reads 4.6% vs —, and unemployment 0.0% vs — — 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 $45,000 in 24607 versus — in 24628, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.2% vs —. 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.