ZIP 24219 · Big Stone Gap
Who lives in ZIP code 24219 (Big Stone Gap, VA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Big Stone Gap, VA · Wise County
uszips 2026
People10,450
Median age43.3
Household income$55,252
Home value$153,332
Median rent$794/mo
Poverty18.5%
College degree+14.0%
Commute21 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 56 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 3,703
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
18.6% are 65 or older; 80.9% are adults.
Household income
18.7% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $28,815.
Education (adults 25+)
36.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 45.8%
- Never married
- 30.3%
- Divorced
- 15.7%
- Widowed
- 8.2%
- Family size
- 3.02
- Dual-income families
- 40.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 69.1%
- Rent burden
- 20.1%
- Men / women
- 55% / 45%
Work
- In labor force
- 42.0%
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
- Self-employed
- 10.3%
- Farmers
- 1.7%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 11.5%
- Veterans
- 7.2%
- With a disability
- 27.6%
- No health insurance
- 4.8%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.