ZIP 22911 vs ZIP 22947

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22911 (Charlottesville, VA) and ZIP 22947 (Keswick, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22911 has a population of 15,971 at 121 people per square mile, while ZIP 22947 has 4,198 at 37 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 22911 reports a median household income of $128,235 against $136,250 in ZIP 22947, with per-capita income of $63,133 vs $80,379. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 62.1% in 22911 and 64.7% in 22947. Poverty rate reads 4.3% vs 3.7%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 4.4% — 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 $454,100 in 22911 versus $789,200 in 22947, with median rent of $1,920 and $1,399 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.6% vs 84.8%. 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.