AreaProfile

22204Arlington, Virginia

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 22204.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordability477th of 800 published ZIP areas63
ClimateTop 43% of 779 published ZIP areas72
Physical resilienceTop 14% of 800 published ZIP areas84
Access605th of 779 published ZIP areas92
Economic stabilityTop 25% of 800 published ZIP areas71
The quick read

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 22204 in the top 14% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
51,921
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$107,941
Top 14% nationally
Density
12,605/sq mi
4.1 sq mi of land
Median age
36.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Arlington
Virginia
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Nearest major airport
IAD
20 mi · Washington Dulles Intl
Median home value
$688,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

60% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 93% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 86% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$5,845$107,941Top 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,245$64,411Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate10.6%Top 50%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute28.6 minTop 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher60.0%Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation76.9%Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$91,930Top 4%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$71,060Top 5%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024109k99k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $107,941 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
General and Operations Managers112,530$156,460
Business Operations Specialists, All Other76,600$104,770
Software Developers69,060$154,930
Retail Salespersons66,920$36,610
Management Analysts62,360$126,830
Fast Food and Counter Workers60,560$34,600

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,894 takes 21% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 6.4 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
21.1%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
6.4×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,894
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$688,000
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income6.37Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate40.2%Bottom 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±69224,089Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$42$1,894Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$36,932$688,000Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income21.1%Top 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate6.4%Bottom 30%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 90°F and January a low of 30°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 41.8 inches, including 13.7 inches of snow.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station WASHINGTON REAGAN AP, 3.6 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation41.8"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall13.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low30°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high90°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing44°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

84 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, strong wind and tornado.

Strong windElevated
HurricaneModerate
TornadoModerate
Cold waveModerate
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, winter weather, lightning, inland flooding, earthquake, hail, ice storm, coastal flooding, landslide, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 20 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Washington Dulles IntlIAD20 mi11,500 ft
Baltimore/Washington Intl Thurgood MarshallBWI32 mi10,503 ft
Harrisburg IntlMDT94 mi10,001 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

22204 vs Arlington

How this ZIP area compares with Arlington as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

22204
Arlington
Median household income
$107,941
vs
$142,114
Per capita income
$64,411
vs
$90,786
Population density
12,605/sq mi
vs
9,088/sq mi
Median home value
$688,000
vs
$895,000
Median gross rent
$1,894
vs
$2,322
Homeownership rate
40.2%
vs
41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher
60.0%
vs
77.1%
Poverty rate
10.6%
vs
7.4%
Median age
36.1
vs
35.5

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.