ZIP Code 24595

Households in ZIP code 24595, near Amherst, earn a median of $92,850, a figure that places the area in middle-to-upper-income territory compared with much of Virginia. Per-capita income, though, is just $11,429, hinting at wide variation in earnings across the population. Property taxes run at an effective 0.46% of value at the county level, and the combined sales tax rate sits at 5.30%. Together these rates keep the overall tax load fairly contained, with neither property nor sales taxes taking an especially large bite out of what residents bring in.