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Lynchburg, VA 24502 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 24502: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Lynchburg, VA 24502

Acceptable Alternative

Timberlake, VA 24502

Not Acceptable, USPS

Fort Hill, VA 24502

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
Businesses Addresses: 1,698
Single Family Addresses: 16,798
Multi-Family Addresses: 1,432
County: Lynchburg City County
Centroid: Latitude 37.36, Longitude -79.219
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 24502 has segments in 3 Counties / Independent Cities (Bedford, Campbell, Lynchburg City).

Neighborhood Data

24502 ZIP Code Map

Lynchburg, VA 24502 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2016)

POPULATION
Total Population	48,162
Population in Households	41,713
Population in Familes	30,683
Population in Group Qrtrs	6,449
Population Density¹	1,661
Diversity Index²	43

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	17,901
Average Household Size	2.33
Family Households	10,573
Average Family Size	3

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	19,547 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	10,185 (52.1%)
Renter Occupied HU	7,716 (39.5%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,646 ( 8.4%)
Median Home Value	$157,140
Average Home Value	$171,190

INCOME
Median Household Income	$44,787
Average Household Income	$56,174
Per Capita Income	$22,137

GROWTH RATES	2010-2015	2015-2020
	(Compound Annual Growth Rates)
Population	1.15%	0.98%
Households	1.23%	1.07%
Families	1.08%	0.96%
Median Household Income		-1.56%
Per Capita Income		0.43%

1) Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
2) The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelyhood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.
Based on Census 2010 counts, the Diversity Index for the United States was 60.6 and it is expected to increase to 64.8 by July 1, 2018.

Lynchburg, VA 24502 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 24502 to the other 873 ZIP Codes in Virginia by rank and percentile using July 1, 2016 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.