ZIP 22027 vs ZIP 22043

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22027 (Dunn Loring, VA) and ZIP 22043 (Falls Church, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22027 has a population of 2,362 at 1,407 people per square mile, while ZIP 22043 has 24,302 at 1,971 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 22027 reports a median household income of $250,001 against $145,881 in ZIP 22043, with per-capita income of $116,435 vs $74,333. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 79.7% in 22027 and 69.1% in 22043. Poverty rate reads 4.8% vs 4.0%, and unemployment 1.1% vs 2.0% — 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 $1,097,500 in 22027 versus $881,600 in 22043, with median rent of — and $2,174 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.6% vs 61.4%. 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.