ZIP 22743 vs ZIP 22719

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22743 (Syria, VA) and ZIP 22719 (Etlan, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22743 has a population of 204 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 22719 has 395 at 8 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 22743 reports a median household income of $46,500 against $81,603 in ZIP 22719, with per-capita income of $32,279 vs $34,119. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.7% in 22743 and 39.1% in 22719. Poverty rate reads 15.6% vs 1.7%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 — in 22743 versus $666,700 in 22719, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.5% vs 45.1%. 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.