ZIP 23834 vs ZIP 23806

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23834 (Colonial Heights, VA) and ZIP 23806 (Virginia State University, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23834 has a population of 25,612 at 438 people per square mile, while ZIP 23806 has 2,251 at 5,219 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 23834 reports a median household income of $84,338 against — in ZIP 23806, with per-capita income of $39,508 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.5% in 23834 and — in 23806. Poverty rate reads 7.4% vs —, and unemployment 3.6% vs — — 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 $253,400 in 23834 versus — in 23806, with median rent of $1,256 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.6% vs —. 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.