ZIP 22306 vs ZIP 22307

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22306 (Alexandria, VA) and ZIP 22307 (Alexandria, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22306 has a population of 32,326 at 1,724 people per square mile, while ZIP 22307 has 9,581 at 1,279 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 22306 reports a median household income of $97,132 against $141,667 in ZIP 22307, with per-capita income of $44,838 vs $86,845. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.8% in 22306 and 71.8% in 22307. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 3.6%, and unemployment 8.2% vs 4.1% — 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 $594,000 in 22306 versus $778,900 in 22307, with median rent of $1,710 and $1,913 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 50.4% vs 73.7%. 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.