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Washington County · Virginia

ZIP code 24270

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 24270 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
385

ZCTA residents

Median income
—

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$201,800

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
4.3%

Virginia state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 24270 sits in Washington County, Virginia and is home to 385 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth $201,800 and median gross rent is —. 91.1% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 4.3% (Virginia state rate).

County
Washington County

FIPS 51191

State
Virginia (VA)

903 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 24270

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
385ZIP 24270 residents
Median household income
—Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$201,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
49.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
91.1%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 24270 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 24270 is a very small community in Washington County, Virginia, with 385 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #778 of 903 ranked by population — larger than 13% of them. The median age here is 49.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 24270 earn a median of not published a year. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 24270 is valued at $201,800, 33.5% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 91.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

With 385 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 24270 against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld household income, gross rent for ZIP 24270 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 24270 in context

How 24270 sits inside Washington County and Virginia.

ZIP 24270 is tabulated inside Washington County, Virginia, one of 8 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 903 across Virginia. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 24270 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 24270 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $201,800, 3% above the county figure and 21% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, and local governments overlapping 24270 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 24270 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 24270

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
4.3%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$4Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$43Before any exemptions

Virginia levies 4.3% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
—Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,047/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
0%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 24270 compares

ZIP 24270 against the median ZIP in Washington County and across Virginia.

MeasureZIP 24270County medianState medianvs state
Median household income—$63,781$72,517—
Median home value$201,800$195,200$255,900-21%
Median gross rent—$822$1,108—
Population3855,4092,686-86%

Medians are computed across the 8 ZIP areas in Washington County and the 903 ZIP areas in Virginia.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 903 Virginia ZIP areas.

Income

Not published

—
Home value

above 34% of 791 state ZIPs

#521
Population

larger than 14% of 903 state ZIPs

#778

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Washington County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Washington County, Virginia.

ZIP 24270 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 24270?
ZIP 24270 lies mostly in Washington County, Virginia. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 24270?
Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 24270 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth $201,800 — -21% against the typical Virginia ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 24270, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.