ZIP 23604 vs ZIP 23608

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23604 (Fort Eustis, VA) and ZIP 23608 (Newport News, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23604 has a population of 5,720 at 182 people per square mile, while ZIP 23608 has 42,917 at 1,548 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 23604 reports a median household income of $80,047 against $71,126 in ZIP 23608, with per-capita income of $26,583 vs $35,742. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.7% in 23604 and 29.0% in 23608. Poverty rate reads 5.6% vs 14.5%, and unemployment 1.6% vs 6.0% — 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 — in 23604 versus $266,500 in 23608, with median rent of $1,901 and $1,265 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.8% vs 49.6%. 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.