ZIP 22652 vs ZIP 22660

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22652 (Fort Valley, VA) and ZIP 22660 (Toms Brook, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22652 has a population of 1,399 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 22660 has 1,689 at 71 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 22652 reports a median household income of $81,722 against $67,917 in ZIP 22660, with per-capita income of $34,175 vs $50,480. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.9% in 22652 and 15.5% in 22660. Poverty rate reads 14.2% vs 14.7%, and unemployment 9.3% vs 0.3% — 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 $363,700 in 22652 versus $268,600 in 22660, with median rent of $972 and $742 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.0% vs 76.5%. 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.