ZIP 23510 vs ZIP 23708

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23510 (Norfolk, VA) and ZIP 23708 (Portsmouth, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23510 has a population of 7,031 at 2,304 people per square mile, while ZIP 23708 has 181 at 427 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 23510 reports a median household income of $73,524 against — in ZIP 23708, with per-capita income of $51,457 vs $31,413. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.4% in 23510 and 62.5% in 23708. Poverty rate reads 20.2% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 4.9% 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 $385,700 in 23510 versus — in 23708, with median rent of $1,547 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 17.5% vs 0.0%. 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.