ZIP 20155 vs ZIP 20169

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20155 (Gainesville, VA) and ZIP 20169 (Haymarket, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20155 has a population of 29,411 at 393 people per square mile, while ZIP 20169 has 19,801 at 238 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 20155 reports a median household income of $164,279 against $203,051 in ZIP 20169, with per-capita income of $63,275 vs $75,450. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 57.2% in 20155 and 65.2% in 20169. Poverty rate reads 2.7% vs 2.0%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 2.4% — 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 $659,100 in 20155 versus $729,600 in 20169, with median rent of $2,642 and $2,851 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.9% vs 92.2%. 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.