ZIP 20117 vs ZIP 20118

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20117 (Middleburg, VA) and ZIP 20118 (Middleburg, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20117 has a population of 2,693 at 23 people per square mile, while ZIP 20118 has 7 at 262 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 20117 reports a median household income of $146,120 against — in ZIP 20118, with per-capita income of $109,558 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.7% in 20117 and — in 20118. Poverty rate reads 14.9% vs —, and unemployment 3.2% vs — — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $937,100 in 20117 versus — in 20118, with median rent of $1,843 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.4% vs —. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.