ZIP 20158 vs ZIP 20129

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20158 (Hamilton, VA) and ZIP 20129 (Paeonian Springs, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20158 has a population of 4,288 at 114 people per square mile, while ZIP 20129 has 618 at 74 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 20158 reports a median household income of $211,522 against $250,001 in ZIP 20129, with per-capita income of $77,592 vs $124,816. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.7% in 20158 and 96.4% in 20129. Poverty rate reads 0.6% vs 0.7%, and unemployment 6.7% vs 1.1% — 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 $765,800 in 20158 versus $1,238,300 in 20129, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.2% vs 92.6%. 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.