ZIP 22060 vs ZIP 22315

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22060 (Fort Belvoir, VA) and ZIP 22315 (Alexandria, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22060 has a population of 8,878 at 261 people per square mile, while ZIP 22315 has 26,202 at 1,847 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 22060 reports a median household income of $105,605 against $159,805 in ZIP 22315, with per-capita income of $37,606 vs $75,930. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 57.6% in 22060 and 66.3% in 22315. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 3.5%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 2.7% — 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 $764,000 in 22060 versus $618,100 in 22315, with median rent of $3,196 and $2,519 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 9.3% vs 76.2%. 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.