ZIP 23875 vs ZIP 23801

This side-by-side compares ZIP 23875 (Prince George, VA) and ZIP 23801 (Fort Lee, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 23875 has a population of 10,878 at 119 people per square mile, while ZIP 23801 has 3,393 at 208 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 23875 reports a median household income of $74,543 against $82,563 in ZIP 23801, with per-capita income of $36,921 vs $27,329. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.0% in 23875 and 33.0% in 23801. Poverty rate reads 17.1% vs 2.5%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 4.1% — 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 $271,700 in 23875 versus — in 23801, with median rent of $1,397 and $1,879 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.4% vs 2.2%. 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.