ZIP 23708 vs ZIP 23510

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