
Richmond city · Virginia
ZIP code 23284
- Population
- 2,239
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 4.3%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Virginia state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 23284 sits in Richmond city, Virginia and is home to 2,239 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is $1,625. 0% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 4.3% (Virginia state rate).
- County
- Richmond city
- State
- Virginia (VA)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 51760
903 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 23284
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 2,239ZIP 23284 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,625Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 19.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 0%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 23284 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 23284 is a small town in Richmond city, Virginia, with 2,239 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #492 of 903 ranked by population — larger than 45% of them. The median age here is 19.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 23284 earn a median of not published a year. 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 66.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 23284 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $1,625 a month, 15.6% above the national figure, or roughly $19,500 across a full year. 0% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 19.2 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld household income, home value for ZIP 23284 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 23284 in context
How 23284 sits inside Richmond city and Virginia.
ZIP 23284 is tabulated inside Richmond city, Virginia, one of 9 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 23284 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 23284 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,625 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 23284 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 23284 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 23284
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
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.
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 23284 compares
ZIP 23284 against the median ZIP in Richmond city and across Virginia.
| Measure | ZIP 23284 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $61,699 | $72,517 | — |
| Median home value | — | $380,850 | $255,900 | — |
| Median gross rent | $1,625 | $1,439 | $1,108 | +47% |
| Population | 2,239 | 14,180 | 2,686 | -17% |
Medians are computed across the 9 ZIP areas in Richmond city and the 903 ZIP areas in Virginia.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 903 Virginia ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #492
Not published
Not published
larger than 46% of 903 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Richmond city.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Richmond city, Virginia.
ZIP 23284 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 23284?
- ZIP 23284 lies mostly in Richmond city, 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 23284?
- Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
- Is 23284 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $1,625 a month, and the median home is worth — — — 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.