ZIP 23457 vs ZIP 27950

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23457 (Virginia Beach, VA) and ZIP 27950 (Knotts Island, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23457 has a population of 4,289 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 27950 has 2,006 at 26 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 23457 reports a median household income of $116,250 against $88,250 in ZIP 27950, with per-capita income of $48,056 vs $46,244. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.2% in 23457 and 22.1% in 27950. Poverty rate reads 12.7% vs 5.1%, and unemployment 1.7% vs 0.4% — 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 $571,000 in 23457 versus $290,300 in 27950, with median rent of $1,110 and $1,200 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.8% vs 94.2%. 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.