ZIP 22830 vs ZIP 22820

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22830 (Fulks Run, VA) and ZIP 22820 (Criders, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22830 has a population of 1,773 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 22820 has 214 at 4 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 22830 reports a median household income of $61,038 against — in ZIP 22820, with per-capita income of $26,573 vs $34,203. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.7% in 22830 and 5.6% in 22820. Poverty rate reads 19.5% vs 28.0%, and unemployment 5.8% 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 $215,000 in 22830 versus — in 22820, with median rent of $1,000 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.7% 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.