ZIP 22102 vs ZIP 22182

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22102 (Mc Lean, VA) and ZIP 22182 (Vienna, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22102 has a population of 21,985 at 810 people per square mile, while ZIP 22182 has 24,863 at 816 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 22102 reports a median household income of $153,949 against $205,108 in ZIP 22182, with per-capita income of $106,098 vs $95,156. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 81.2% in 22102 and 82.0% in 22182. Poverty rate reads 6.5% vs 4.4%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 2.3% — 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 $955,500 in 22102 versus $1,125,900 in 22182, with median rent of $2,497 and $2,590 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 48.2% vs 71.1%. 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.