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The Plains, VA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for The Plains, VA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,492. 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 THE-PLAINS-VA · The Plains, VA 1 ZIPs · 2,492 pop · #3489/25278 · Fauquier County

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

  • INC-HIGH $106,518
  • RANK-TOP #3489/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bealeton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,492
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $933,000

Nearest income peer: Bealeton, VA ( $2,900 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 The Plains

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest The Plains 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, The Plains, VA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 14%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,492
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$106,518
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $106,518 and home value $933,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 50.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating The Plains as a pure owner town.

Within Virginia, Hudgins is the closest lower-income city and Stephenson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for The Plains.

Population concentration

The Plains's single ZIP 20198 carries the town

The Plains is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 20198 is the entire residential footprint (2,492 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into The Plains's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 89 establishments, 529 employees , annual payroll $33,534k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 20198 (89 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (16) · also Construction · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in The Plains, VA

These ZIP codes sit in Fauquier County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in The Plains. See the Fauquier County roll-up →

The Plains lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Fauquier County: Warrenton, Marshall and Catlett earn more and Bealeton, Remington and Sumerduck earn less. Delaplane marks the far end of that range at $192,614, 81% above The Plains.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
20198 2,492 $106,518 89 13
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The Plains roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving The Plains, .