ZIP 37665 vs ZIP 24290

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37665 (Kingsport, TN) and ZIP 24290 (Weber City, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37665 has a population of 5,589 at 696 people per square mile, while ZIP 24290 has 1,874 at 146 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 37665 reports a median household income of $50,991 against $60,923 in ZIP 24290, with per-capita income of $24,490 vs $25,854. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.2% in 37665 and 9.8% in 24290. Poverty rate reads 20.7% vs 16.7%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 0.5% — 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 $134,400 in 37665 versus $175,800 in 24290, with median rent of $775 and $938 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.5% vs 68.1%. 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.