ZIP 23228 vs ZIP 23230

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23228 (Henrico, VA) and ZIP 23230 (Richmond, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23228 has a population of 34,198 at 1,179 people per square mile, while ZIP 23230 has 5,852 at 542 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 23228 reports a median household income of $70,260 against $74,763 in ZIP 23230, with per-capita income of $41,945 vs $58,592. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.3% in 23228 and 59.8% in 23230. Poverty rate reads 10.4% vs 12.2%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 2.5% — 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 $283,500 in 23228 versus $372,900 in 23230, with median rent of $1,451 and $1,652 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.8% vs 34.1%. 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.