ZIP 22211 vs ZIP 22214

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22211 (Fort Myer, VA) and ZIP 22214 (Arlington, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22211 has a population of 648 at 143 people per square mile, while ZIP 22214 has 0. 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 22211 reports a median household income of $238,750 against — in ZIP 22214, with per-capita income of $32,276 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 40.5% in 22211 and — in 22214. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs —, and unemployment 0.6% vs — — 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 — in 22211 versus — in 22214, with median rent of $3,501 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.0% vs —. 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.