ZIP 22204 vs ZIP 22206

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22204 (Arlington, VA) and ZIP 22206 (Arlington, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22204 has a population of 47,233 at 4,426 people per square mile, while ZIP 22206 has 19,051 at 3,582 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 22204 reports a median household income of $107,941 against $140,877 in ZIP 22206, with per-capita income of $64,411 vs $87,992. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 60.0% in 22204 and 74.1% in 22206. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 3.7%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 3.0% — 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 $688,000 in 22204 versus $586,000 in 22206, with median rent of $1,894 and $2,381 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 40.2% vs 45.9%. 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.