Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/24450

24450

ZIP 24450 is Lexington, Virginia, mostly in Rockbridge County; area code 540; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockbridge +2 more
Metro area
none
Population
17,714
Coordinates
37.7798, -79.5451
☼ Live from 24450 — Lexington, VA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 24450 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 24450
  • 🔢 Type 24450 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OShhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,450 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 163. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111110000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24448 (Iron Gate, VA, 13 mi away) and 24457 (Low Moor, VA, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24450 becomes 05442 — and that is a real ZIP code: Belvidere Center, VT, 600 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02445, 02454, 04254, 05442, 20544, 24054, …). The farthest-flung twin is 54024 in Saint Croix Falls, WI, 859 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,033 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24450 and you would come out at 37.78°S, 100.45°E — 960 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
  • 📏 At 220.0 square miles of land, 24450 is bigger than 92% of ZIP codes — room for about 167 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 24450 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population17,714This ZIP17,714
Households6,482This ZIP6,482
Housing units7,778This ZIP7,778
Median age39.0This ZIP39.0Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$76,587This ZIP$76,587Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$305,100This ZIP$305,100Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,060This ZIP$1,060Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher44.5%This ZIP44.5%
Mean commute20.4 minThis ZIP20.4 min
Population density80.5 / sq miThis ZIP80.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments499This ZIP499
Employees7,510This ZIP7,510
Annual payroll$302,706,000This ZIP$302,706,000
Tax returns filed7,000This ZIP7,000
Total adjusted gross income$614,340,000This ZIP$614,340,000

Land area

Land area219.96 sq miThis ZIP219.96 sq mi
Water area0.71 sq miThis ZIP0.71 sq mi

Counties 24450 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rockbridge County 91.0%
Botetourt County 7.8%
Lexington city 1.1%

Other place names in 24450

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 24450

ZIPCityDistance
24578 Natural Bridge, VA 8.3 mi
24555 Glasgow, VA 8.9 mi
24416 Buena Vista, VA 11.0 mi
24422 Clifton Forge, VA 11.8 mi
24473 Rockbridge Baths, VA 12.8 mi
24448 Iron Gate, VA 13.3 mi
24579 Natural Bridge Station, VA 13.6 mi
24435 Fairfield, VA 14.1 mi
24438 Glen Wilton, VA 15.1 mi
24415 Brownsburg, VA 15.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 24450 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24450?

24450 is in Lexington, Virginia, in Rockbridge County. Its published point location is 37.7798, -79.5451.

What county is 24450 in?

24450 spans 3 counties: Rockbridge County, Botetourt County and Lexington city. Most of it falls in Rockbridge County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 24450?

Lexington uses area code 540, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 24450 in?

24450 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 24450?

About 17,714 people live in ZIP code 24450, in 6,482 households, at 80.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 24450?

$76,587 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 24450?

The closest are 24578 (8.3 mi), 24555 (8.9 mi), 24416 (11 mi), 24422 (11.8 mi) and 24473 (12.8 mi).

Is 24450 a PO Box ZIP code?

24450 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “24450 ZIP Code — Lexington, Virginia (Rockbridge County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/24450

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/24450.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.