ZIP 22715 vs ZIP 22730

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22715 (Brightwood, VA) and ZIP 22730 (Oakpark, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22715 has a population of 1,082 at 46 people per square mile, while ZIP 22730 has 115 at 13 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 22715 reports a median household income of $87,353 against — in ZIP 22730, with per-capita income of $38,357 vs $43,602. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.7% in 22715 and 20.9% in 22730. Poverty rate reads 8.2% vs 4.2%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 9.3% — 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 $359,400 in 22715 versus $308,300 in 22730, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.0% vs 80.7%. 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.