ZIP 22943 vs ZIP 22920

This side-by-side compares ZIP 22943 (Greenwood, VA) and ZIP 22920 (Afton, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 22943 has a population of 444 at 30 people per square mile, while ZIP 22920 has 4,186 at 21 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 22943 reports a median household income of $80,875 against $88,028 in ZIP 22920, with per-capita income of $84,492 vs $55,991. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.1% in 22943 and 45.4% in 22920. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 7.7%, 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 $812,500 in 22943 versus $410,000 in 22920, with median rent of $766 and $971 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 54.9% vs 81.8%. 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.