ZIP 20132 vs ZIP 20158

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20132 (Purcellville, VA) and ZIP 20158 (Hamilton, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20132 has a population of 15,900 at 74 people per square mile, while ZIP 20158 has 4,288 at 114 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 20132 reports a median household income of $181,875 against $211,522 in ZIP 20158, with per-capita income of $74,568 vs $77,592. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 61.3% in 20132 and 59.7% in 20158. Poverty rate reads 3.6% vs 0.6%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 6.7% — 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 $776,300 in 20132 versus $765,800 in 20158, with median rent of $2,253 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.9% vs 82.2%. 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.