ZIP 23874

What ZIP 23874 actually tells you, and what it doesn't

The 23874 ZIP Code Tabulation Area has a population of 720 and a median household income of $54,356. Against the other tabulation areas in this dataset, it places as follows.

A home at the median costs roughly 2.3 years of median household income, a little below the midpoint of the 29,491 tabulation areas reporting both. Buying is within reach of a typical local income here in a way it is not across most of the country.

Rent absorbs roughly 22% of median household income, among the highest quarter of reporting areas. Because renter households usually earn below the area-wide median, the burden on actual renters runs higher than this ratio shows.

At a median age of 55.9, 23874 falls in the oldest quarter of reporting areas. Retirement destinations and long-settled rural areas cluster here, and in both the labour-force measures below cover a smaller share of residents than they would in a younger area.

ZCTAs approximate USPS ZIP codes rather than matching them, and these are 5-year ACS estimates, so they trail current conditions.