PlainZIP

Winchester, VA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Winchester, VA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 70,166. 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 WINCHESTER-VA · Winchester, VA 3 ZIPs · 70,166 pop · #9160/25278 · Frederick County and Winchester County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $80,253
  • RANK-UPPER #9160/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gore
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-SMALL 70,166
  • SPREAD-MOD 22601→22602
  • HOME-MID $356,367

Nearest income peer: Gore, VA (+ $879 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 Winchester

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Winchester 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, Winchester, VA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 36%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
70,166
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$80,253
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 (3) - lead code 22602 (28,443 residents). Household income $80,253 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Winchester as a pure owner town.

Within Virginia, Goodview is the closest lower-income city and Zuni the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Winchester.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Winchester differ

Income is the clearest internal divide in Winchester. ZIP 22601 reports $64,258 in median household income, while ZIP 22602 reports $101,398. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.6×

22601 to 22602

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.1×

22601 to 22602

Poverty-rate spread
13.4 points

22602 to 22601

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Winchester residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Winchester: the largest, 22602, is only about 41% of 70,166 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Winchester

Citywide ZBP: 2,492 establishments, 48,514 employees , annual payroll $2,687,632k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 22601 (1,381 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (388) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Winchester, VA

These ZIP codes straddle Frederick County and Winchester County, so county-level figures split Winchester between several administrative records. See the Frederick County roll-up →

Winchester sits in the lower half of Frederick County and Winchester County on income: Stephens City, Middletown and Cross Junction report more, and only Star Tannery reports less. White Post marks the far end of that range at $135,046, 68% above Winchester.

Side-by-side: Compare 22602 vs 22601 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
22602 28,443 $101,398 643 100
22601 27,813 $64,258 1,381 1,093
22603 13,910 $75,104 468 55
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Winchester 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 Winchester, .