ZIP 22736 vs ZIP 22742

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22736 (Richardsville, VA) and ZIP 22742 (Sumerduck, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22736 has a population of 732 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 22742 has 1,926 at 34 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 22736 reports a median household income of $100,156 against $103,447 in ZIP 22742, with per-capita income of $29,403 vs $50,695. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.4% in 22736 and 20.4% in 22742. Poverty rate reads 1.1% vs 1.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 7.3% — 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 $350,000 in 22736 versus $464,600 in 22742, with median rent of — and $2,048 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.8% vs 84.5%. 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.