
Henrico County · Virginia
ZIP code 23222
- Population
- 26,809
- Median income
- $58,105
- Median home
- $252,000
- Sales tax
- 6%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Combined state + local
Quick answer
ZIP 23222 sits in Henrico County, Virginia and is home to 26,809 people. Median household income is $58,105, the median home is worth $252,000 and median gross rent is $1,181. 57.7% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% combined.
- County
- Henrico County
- State
- Virginia (VA)
- Area codes
- 276, 804
FIPS 51087
903 ZIPs covered
NANPA codes serving this area
The numbers for 23222
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 26,809ZIP 23222 residents
- Median household income
- $58,105Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $252,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,181Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57.7%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 23222 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 23222 is a small city in Henrico County, Virginia, with 26,809 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #124 of 903 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 35.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in ZIP 23222 earn a median of $58,105 a year, 26% 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 17.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 23222 is valued at $252,000, 16.9% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,181 a month, 16% below the national figure, or roughly $14,172 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 57.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Reading ZIP 23222 in context
How 23222 sits inside Henrico County and Virginia.
ZIP 23222 is tabulated inside Henrico County, Virginia, one of 13 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 903 across Virginia. This is a mid-sized suburban ZIP inside a county that is split across many delivery areas. 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 23222 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 23222 reports a median household income of $58,105, 18% below the $70,863 county median, and 20% below the $72,517 typical VA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $252,000, 8% below the county figure and close to the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,181 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
A taxable purchase made inside 23222 carries 6% at the register, assembled from the Richmond jurisdiction stack: the Virginia state rate plus every county, municipal and special district levy that reaches this address. Because those district boundaries were drawn for schools, transit and hospital funding rather than for mail delivery, two addresses inside 23222 can legitimately fall under different totals — the rate shown here is the one that applies to the dominant jurisdiction.
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 23222 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 23222
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
This ZIP falls inside the Richmond rate area, so state, county, city and district levies are published here as a full stack.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
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 23222 compares
ZIP 23222 against the median ZIP in Henrico County and across Virginia.
| Measure | ZIP 23222 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $58,105 | $70,863 | $72,517 | -20% |
| Median home value | $252,000 | $275,000 | $255,900 | -2% |
| Median gross rent | $1,181 | $1,346 | $1,108 | +7% |
| Population | 26,809 | 26,809 | 2,686 | +898% |
Medians are computed across the 13 ZIP areas in Henrico County and the 903 ZIP areas in Virginia.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 903 Virginia ZIP areas.
- Income
- #565
- Home value
- #406
- Population
- #124
richer than 29% of 801 state ZIPs
above 49% of 791 state ZIPs
larger than 86% of 903 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Virginia ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Henrico County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Henrico County, Virginia.
ZIP 23222 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 23222?
- ZIP 23222 lies mostly in Henrico 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 23222?
- Purchases are taxed at 6% combined, built from the Richmond jurisdiction stack.
- Is 23222 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $1,181 a month, about 24% of median household income, and the median home is worth $252,000 — -2% 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.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Virginia Department of Taxation — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
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.