Código postal 24521 — Amherst, VA

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El código postal 24521 cubre Amherst, Virginia, con una población de unos 10,101 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $69,077.

Población: 10,10147 per square mile
Edad media: 44.76 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $69,07724% below the Virginia median
Tasa de pobreza: 10.4%2 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $301,808up 27% in five years
Alquiler medio: $83045% below the Virginia median
Título universitario o superior: 26.9%8.1 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 78%13 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 210

Dónde está 24521

Amherst, Virginia — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	10,101
Edad media	44.7
Hogares familiares	63.1%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.9%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	1.1%
Blanca (no hispana)	77.8%
Negra (no hispana)	13.3%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	2.6%
Veteranos	7%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$69,077
Ingreso por persona	$41,325
Tasa de pobreza	10.4%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	11.3%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	3.4%
$10–15k	6.2%
$15–20k	5.0%
$20–25k	5.6%
$25–30k	6.1%
$30–35k	2.6%
$35–40k	1.0%
$40–45k	3.3%
$45–50k	2.6%
$50–60k	6.2%
$60–75k	12.3%
$75–100k	8.7%
$100–125k	9.4%
$125–150k	8.8%
$150–200k	8.9%
$200k or more	9.9%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	4,500
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$64,269
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	3.3%
Returns, under $25k	28.0%
Returns, $25k–$50k	23.6%
Returns, $50k–$75k	17.6%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.9%
Returns, $100k–$200k	16.7%
Returns, $200k or more	3.3%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$233,600
Alquiler bruto medio	$830
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	28.6%
Ocupada por su propietario	78%
Viviendas vacías	11.2%
Año medio de construcción	1979

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	76.8%
Casa adosada	3.4%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	4.4%
20 o más viviendas	0.1%
Casa móvil	15.2%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$301,808as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 3.8%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 27%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 75.4%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$170,103 in 2009 to $301,808 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	4%
Licenciatura o superior	26.9%
Bachillerato o superior	84.5%
Trabaja desde casa	11.9%
Conduce solo al trabajo	78.6%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	13.7%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	39.6% 6.2 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	16% 4 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	15.9% 2.7 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	43% 8.9 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	22.7% 2.4 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	9.1% 2.2 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	23% 1.1 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	29.7% 4.3 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	33.9% 8.8 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	13.1% 2.9 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	81.1% 6.4 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	9.9% 2.2 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	11.3% 0.9 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	8.7% 2.5 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	80.7% 4 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	87.9% 2 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	15.9% 1.1 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	67.6% 3.3 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	9.4% 2.8 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	62.5% 1.2 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	36.6% 5.9 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	21.4% 3.4 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	14.8% 2.3 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	13.4% 0.9 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	8.8% 2.1 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	41.3% 5.1 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	11.3% 2.5 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	9.9% 1.5 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	8.2% 1 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	31.4% 3 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	77% 1.1 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	17% same as the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	18.8% 4.8 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	16.1% 2.6 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4.8% 0.8 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	7.7% 1.1 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	36.3% same as the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.7% 1.3 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	15.7% 2.7 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	6.1% 0.5 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	210
Personas empleadas	1,995
Nómina anual	$89,745,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 56.7% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively Moderate en los 7 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	47.5 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	31.5 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Deslizamiento de tierra	90.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	89.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	87.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	83.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	82.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	76.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	72.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	65.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	55Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	52.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	49.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	49Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	42.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	37.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	15.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Virginia y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Virginia	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$69,077	$90,974	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$41,325	$49,217	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	10.4%	9.9%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$233,600	$360,700	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$830	$1,514	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	78%	67.2%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	26.9%	41.5%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	4%	4.3%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	11.9%	16.2%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.9%	12.9%	13.9%
Edad media	44.7	38.8	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	TYE RVR 1 SE, VA US11 km away
Lluvia al año	46 in

Average high and low by month

enero	48°F / 25.5°F3.45 in rain
febrero	52°F / 27.6°F2.68 in rain
marzo	59.8°F / 33.6°F3.69 in rain
abril	70.2°F / 42.8°F3.59 in rain
mayo	76.5°F / 52.3°F4.6 in rain
junio	83.6°F / 60.9°F4.52 in rain
julio	87.3°F / 65.6°F3.68 in rain
agosto	85.7°F / 64.1°F4.42 in rain
septiembre	79.9°F / 57°F4.39 in rain
octubre	71.1°F / 44.6°F3.75 in rain
noviembre	61°F / 34.6°F3.56 in rain
diciembre	51°F / 28.7°F4.01 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	65% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	4% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Amherst County Public Schools	95.8% de la superficie de este código postal
Nelson County Public Schools	4.2% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	50más vulnerable que el 50% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	66más vulnerable que el 66% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	25más vulnerable que el 25% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	35más vulnerable que el 35% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	49más vulnerable que el 49% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.4 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

24595 Sweet Briar, VA	a 5.7 km
22964 Piney River, VA	a 11.6 km
24533 Clifford, VA	a 11.7 km
24574 Monroe, VA	a 12.6 km
22922 Arrington, VA	a 13.3 km
24572 Madison Heights, VA	a 17.6 km
24553 Gladstone, VA	a 18.7 km
24581 Norwood, VA	a 21.8 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Amherst County	95.8% of this ZIP code's land area
Nelson County	4.2% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	217.14 sq mi
Superficie de agua	1.08 sq mi
Densidad de población	47 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	37.6027, -79.0506

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.