ZIP 23022 vs ZIP 23055

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23022 (Bremo Bluff, VA) and ZIP 23055 (Fork Union, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23022 has a population of 930 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 23055 has 915 at 23 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 23022 reports a median household income of — against $54,082 in ZIP 23055, with per-capita income of $17,195 vs $40,114. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.0% in 23022 and 58.1% in 23055. Poverty rate reads 16.9% vs 3.5%, and unemployment 19.4% 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 $225,200 in 23022 versus $169,600 in 23055, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.7% vs 41.0%. 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.