ZIP Code 24282 — St. Charles town, VA Demographics & Data

ZIP code 24282 covers St. Charles, VA in Lee County with a population of about 796.

At a glance, the area shows median age of 36.0 versus a U.S. median of about 38.9.

It sits in telephone area code 276; U.S. House district VA-9; the TRI - CITIES, TN - VA media market.

On socioeconomic markers, US5 shows a poverty rate of 60.9%; unemployment rate near 22.8%.

Labor and commute patterns include leading industry context around Mining, Transportation, and Retail trade; a mean commute of about 71.0 minutes (U.S. average near 26.8).

Housing tenure and rents show owner-occupancy near 84.7% (about 19.3 points above the national owner-occupancy rate (65.4%)).

FEMA’s National Risk Index rates natural-hazard risk for St. Charles town, VA as Relatively Low (composite score 57.3), which is near the middle of the national distribution. The strongest component scores on US5 are wildfire (80.6) and flood (72.8). These scores are county-linked NRI values published for planning context — all ZIP codes in the same county share the same composite score on US5. Useful when comparing insurance and disaster exposure across areas, not a substitute for a parcel-level flood or fire determination.

Climate normals for St. Charles town, VA show little to no average snow and around 49.7 inches of annual precipitation.

IRS migration statistics show a net inflow of about 45 for ZIP 24282 (St. Charles town, VA) on US5’s published series — a signal of people/tax filers moving in relative to those leaving. Inflows often track job growth, housing demand, or lifestyle migration; treat the figure as a directional indicator rather than a precise headcount.