PlainZIP

Foster, VA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Foster, VA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 458. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet FOSTER-VA · Foster, VA 1 ZIPs · 458 pop · #9515/25278 · Mathews County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $79,205
  • RANK-UPPER #9515/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mathews
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 458
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $340,500

Nearest income peer: Mathews, VA ( $9 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Foster

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Foster on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Foster, VA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 38%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
458
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$79,205
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 23056 (458 residents). Household income $79,205 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Virginia, Mathews is the closest lower-income city and Doe Hill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Foster.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 23056, is all of Foster

There is no split to weigh here: 23056 holds every one of Foster's 458 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Foster

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 10 employees , annual payroll $268k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 23056 (6 units) ; leading NAICS Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Foster, VA

These ZIP codes sit in Mathews County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Foster. See the Mathews County roll-up →

Foster lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Mathews County: Hudgins, Gwynn and Hallieford earn more and Cobbs Creek, Dutton and Moon earn less. Dutton marks the far end of that range at $39,439, 50% below Foster.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
23056 458 $79,205 6 30
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