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Nelson County · Virginia

ZIP code 22922

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 22922 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
2,255

ZCTA residents

Median income
$56,992

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$209,800

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
4.3%

Virginia state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 22922 sits in Nelson County, Virginia and is home to 2,255 people. Median household income is $56,992, the median home is worth $209,800 and median gross rent is —. 88.3% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 4.3% (Virginia state rate).

County
Nelson County

FIPS 51125

State
Virginia (VA)

903 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 22922

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
2,255ZIP 22922 residents
Median household income
$56,992Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$209,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
41.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
88.3%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 22922 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 22922 is a small town in Nelson County, Virginia, with 2,255 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #491 of 903 ranked by population — larger than 45% of them. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 22922 earn a median of $56,992 a year, 27.4% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 22922 is valued at $209,800, 30.9% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 88.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

The Census withheld gross rent for ZIP 22922 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 22922 in context

How 22922 sits inside Nelson County and Virginia.

ZIP 22922 is tabulated inside Nelson County, Virginia, one of 12 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 903 across Virginia. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 22922 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 22922 reports a median household income of $56,992, 25% below the $76,151 county median, and 21% below the $72,517 typical VA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $209,800, 21% below the county figure and 18% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, and local governments overlapping 22922 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 22922 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 22922

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
4.3%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$4Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$43Before any exemptions

Virginia levies 4.3% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
3.7×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,089/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
16.7%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 22922 compares

ZIP 22922 against the median ZIP in Nelson County and across Virginia.

MeasureZIP 22922County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$56,992$76,151$72,517-21%
Median home value$209,800$265,900$255,900-18%
Median gross rent—$1,075$1,108—
Population2,2551,4682,686-16%

Medians are computed across the 12 ZIP areas in Nelson County and the 903 ZIP areas in Virginia.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 903 Virginia ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 28% of 801 state ZIPs

#579
Home value

above 37% of 791 state ZIPs

#502
Population

larger than 46% of 903 state ZIPs

#491

Comparable ZIP codes

Virginia ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
23418Accomack County$57,083$250,000$885
23874Southampton County$56,891$138,300$889
23970Mecklenburg County$57,225$157,500$1,041
24630Tazewell County$56,750$107,900$767
23220Richmond city$56,681$468,900$1,354
24558Halifax County$56,641$159,800$814

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Nelson County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Nelson County, Virginia.

ZIP 22922 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 22922?
ZIP 22922 lies mostly in Nelson County, Virginia. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 22922?
Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 22922 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth $209,800 — -18% against the typical Virginia ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 22922, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.