ZIP 22560 vs ZIP 23023

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22560 (Tappahannock, VA) and ZIP 23023 (Bruington, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22560 has a population of 6,704 at 28 people per square mile, while ZIP 23023 has 323 at 6 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 22560 reports a median household income of $61,082 against — in ZIP 23023, with per-capita income of $35,079 vs $16,070. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.1% in 22560 and 13.8% in 23023. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs 58.7%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 23.2% — 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 $246,600 in 22560 versus $266,200 in 23023, with median rent of $977 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.8% vs 62.9%. 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.