ZIP 22732 vs ZIP 22709

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22732 (Radiant, VA) and ZIP 22709 (Aroda, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22732 has a population of 191 at 44 people per square mile, while ZIP 22709 has 874 at 26 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 22732 reports a median household income of — against $81,912 in ZIP 22709, with per-capita income of $56,900 vs $44,343. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.2% in 22732 and 23.9% in 22709. Poverty rate reads 31.3% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 12.9% — 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 $583,300 in 22732 versus $496,900 in 22709, with median rent of — and $1,594 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% vs 86.0%. 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.