ZIP 22735 vs ZIP 22722

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22735 (Reva, VA) and ZIP 22722 (Haywood, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22735 has a population of 2,277 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 22722 has 273 at 30 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 22735 reports a median household income of $67,536 against $205,250 in ZIP 22722, with per-capita income of $34,909 vs $49,234. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.0% in 22735 and 10.9% in 22722. Poverty rate reads 16.0% vs 8.7%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 0.0% — 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 $345,200 in 22735 versus $235,200 in 22722, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.8% vs 100.0%. 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.