ZIP 23156 vs ZIP 23110

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23156 (Shacklefords, VA) and ZIP 23110 (Mattaponi, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23156 has a population of 1,555 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 23110 has 794 at 14 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 23156 reports a median household income of $36,179 against $69,911 in ZIP 23110, with per-capita income of $37,639 vs $45,174. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.6% in 23156 and 31.6% in 23110. Poverty rate reads 22.1% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 8.6% vs 2.8% — 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 $196,700 in 23156 versus $242,400 in 23110, with median rent of $939 and $1,299 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.9% vs 77.1%. 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.