ZIP 23128 vs ZIP 23050

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23128 (North, VA) and ZIP 23050 (Dutton, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23128 has a population of 1,045 at 35 people per square mile, while ZIP 23050 has 598 at 56 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 23128 reports a median household income of — against $39,439 in ZIP 23050, with per-capita income of $47,059 vs $38,940. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.9% in 23128 and 12.7% in 23050. Poverty rate reads 42.0% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 7.1% 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 $244,400 in 23128 versus $343,200 in 23050, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.7% vs 96.7%. 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.