ZIP 20130 vs ZIP 20184

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20130 (Paris, VA) and ZIP 20184 (Upperville, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20130 has a population of 281 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 20184 has 839 at 8 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 20130 reports a median household income of $92,560 against $50,278 in ZIP 20184, with per-capita income of $52,662 vs $64,043. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 49.8% in 20130 and 27.8% in 20184. Poverty rate reads 7.7% vs 34.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 12.2% — 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 $784,700 in 20130 versus — in 20184, with median rent of — and $2,242 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.7% vs 27.2%. 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.