ZIP 22043 vs ZIP 22027

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