23038 Zip Code (Columbia, VA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,534
Zip code population in 2010: 1,775
Zip code population in 2000: 1,714

Houses and condos: 1,083
Renter-occupied apartments: 60
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 23038: 87.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 75.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 20 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,450 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,961 (0.6%)

For population 25 years and over in 23038:

• High school or higher: 89.0%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%
• Graduate or professional degree: 15.0%
• Unemployed: 0.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 23038:

• Never married: 24.0%
• Now married: 55.8%
• Separated: 2.7%
• Widowed: 3.5%
• Divorced: 13.9%

• 
• • 1,32386.2%White
  • 18812.3%Black
  • 130.8%Two or more races
  • 100.7%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 23038, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $58,454 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$58,454
State:	$86,446

Salary/wage: $50,833 (reported on 85.4% of returns)

Here:	$50,833
State:	$71,185

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1279.5% for AGIs below $25k, 3848.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6894.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9686.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12992.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $614 (reported on 24.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$614
Virginia:	$1,805

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.2% for AGIs below $25k, 15.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 44.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 28.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,340 (reported on 16.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,340
State:	$8,327

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.5% for AGIs below $25k, 26.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 114.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 197.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$5,246 (reported on 14.6% of returns)

Here:	+$5,246
State:	+$24,644

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 22.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 115.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 595.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,425 (reported on 13.5% of returns)

Here:	+$4,425
State:	+$12,836

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 75.2% for AGIs below $25k, 127.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 76.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 68.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $16,950 (reported on 9.0% of returns)

23038:	$16,950
Virginia:	$21,535

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 110.0% for AGIs below $25k, 478.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 771.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $24,675 (reported on 9.0% of returns)

Here:	$24,675
State:	$33,287

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 932.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1261.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $7,840 (reported on 5.6% of returns)

Here:	$7,840
State:	$10,381

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 49.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 331.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $6,775 (reported on 9.0% of returns)

23038:	$6,775
State:	$8,284

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 206.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 395.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,019 (reported on 18.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,019
State:	$2,214

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 108.6% for AGIs below $25k, 50.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 91.0%

Here:	91%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 92.9% for AGIs below $25k, 88.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 92.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 87.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 91.7% for AGIs $100k-200k, 100.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 23038, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $46,146 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$46,146
State:	$71,192

Salary/wage: $41,097 (reported on 87.1% of returns)

Here:	$41,097
State:	$59,229

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 78.3% for AGIs below $25k, 84.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 73.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 76.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 76.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $552 (reported on 27.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$552
Virginia:	$1,600

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,347 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$1,347
State:	$6,959

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs below $25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,067 (reported on 10.6% of returns)

Here:	+$2,067
State:	+$16,672

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,382 (reported on 12.9% of returns)

Here:	+$6,382
State:	+$14,116

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.8% for AGIs below $25k, 2.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $17,962 (reported on 9.4% of returns)

23038:	$17,962
Virginia:	$16,667

Total itemized deductions: $18,856 (24% of AGI, reported on 31.8% of returns)

Here:	$18,856
State:	$26,596

Here:	23.6% of AGI
State:	20.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.3% for AGIs below $25k, 10.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 12.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 14.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $2,760 (reported on 23.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,760
State:	$4,443

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $5,578 (reported on 31.8% of returns)

23038:	$5,578
State:	$9,951

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $25k, 2.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,224 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,224
State:	$2,211

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.2% for AGIs below $25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 43.5%

Here:	44%
State:	46%

(% for various income ranges: 39.4% for AGIs below $25k, 43.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 50.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 44.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 50.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 23038, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $39,871 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$39,871
State:	$56,704

Salary/wage: $36,566 (reported on 88.4% of returns)

Here:	$36,566
State:	$48,441

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 90.3% for AGIs below $10k, 86.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 86.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 84.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 81.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 69.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $768 (reported on 33.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$768
Virginia:	$1,688

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs below $10k, 1.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $1,635 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,635
State:	$4,028

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$5,315 (reported on 11.8% of returns)

Here:	+$5,315
State:	+$14,375

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -2.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,000 (reported on 17.4% of returns)

Here:	+$5,000
State:	+$13,342

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.3% for AGIs below $10k, 4.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

IRA payment deduction: $1,850 (reported on 2.7% of returns)

23038:	$1,850
Virginia:	$2,943

Total itemized deductions: $15,532 (22% of AGI, reported on 30.7% of returns)

Here:	$15,532
State:	$21,492

Here:	21.9% of AGI
State:	21.0% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 11.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 13.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 13.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,896 (4% of AGI, reported on 24.3% of returns)

Here:	$2,896
State:	$3,794

Here:	3.8% of AGI
State:	3.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $5,267 (reported on 76.1% of returns)

23038:	$5,267
State:	$9,537

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.3% for AGIs below $10k, 3.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 17.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,773 (reported on 17.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,773
State:	$1,734

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 52.1%

Here:	52%
State:	52%

(% for various income ranges: 49.6% for AGIs below $10k, 48.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 54.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 53.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 59.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 53.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 23055, 23027, 23022, 23084, 23063, 23123.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 8
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 733

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 284 (81 now married, 204 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 23038 with a mortgage: 319 (65 second mortgage, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,467
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $605

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 23038 household income distribution in 2022

• 57Less than $10,000
• 5$15,000 to $19,999
• 13$20,000 to $24,999
• 165$40,000 to $44,999
• 14$45,000 to $49,999
• 68$50,000 to $59,999
• 41$60,000 to $74,999
• 144$75,000 to $99,999
• 67$100,000 to $124,999
• 30$125,000 to $149,999
• 74$150,000 to $199,999
• 83$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 23038

• 22$40,000 to $49,999
• 5$50,000 to $59,999
• 13$70,000 to $79,999
• 34$100,000 to $124,999
• 22$150,000 to $174,999
• 67$200,000 to $249,999
• 115$250,000 to $299,999
• 99$300,000 to $399,999
• 157$400,000 to $499,999
• 66$500,000 to $749,999
• 68$750,000 to $999,999
• 23$1,500,000 to $1,999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 23038

• 7$600 to $649
• 12$800 to $899
• 8$1,000 to $1,249
• 18$1,250 to $1,499
• 12$2,000 to $2,499

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,554.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $315,453.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $393,230
• Black or African American householders: $324,900

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $371,189 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $265,211 - $516,887

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $456,719

Here:	$456,719
State:	$472,865

Mobile homes: $66,350

Here:	$66,350
State:	$100,736

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 992
• 5 to 9: 12
• Mobile homes: 76

Unemployment: 0.9%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 23038

• 73.0%606Drove a car alone
• 7.1%59Carpooled
• 1.2%10Walked
• 2.6%22Other means
• 16.5%137Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 23038

• 27Less than 5 minutes
• 345 to 9 minutes
• 2910 to 14 minutes
• 9115 to 19 minutes
• 10720 to 24 minutes
• 1525 to 29 minutes
• 2930 to 34 minutes
• 7735 to 39 minutes
• 9440 to 44 minutes
• 12745 to 59 minutes
• 3560 to 89 minutes
• 1890 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 52.9%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,534

• Male householders: 331 (139 living alone), Female householders: 422 (84 living alone)

• 311 spouses (311 opposite-sex spouses), 30 unmarried partners, (30 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 300 children (269 natural, 9 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 96 non-relatives

Size of family households: 338 2-persons, 123 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 222 1-person, 22 2-persons, 6 3-persons

111 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (33 men, 21 women).

100.2% of residents of 23038 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY MITCHELL JUNCTION (425 DUNCAN STORE ROAD in COLUMBIA, VA)

  AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
  STATE MASTER (Virginia pollutants databases) - CEDS-30415, AIR PROGRAM
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business SIC classification: REFINED PETROLEUM PIPELINES
  Business NAICS classification: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.; PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.
  Organizations: COLONIAL PIPILINE CO. (CONTACT/OWNER) , COLONIAL PIPELINE - JAMES RIVE (CONTACT/OWNER) , COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY - MI (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: COLONIAL PIPELINE CO., COLONIAL PIPELINE CO JAMES RV, COLONIAL PIPELINE CO-MITCHELL, COLONIAL PIPELINE - JAMES RIVE

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 7.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 13.5%

Population in 1990: 641. Population change in the 1990s: +1,073 (+167.4%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 943
• Northeast: 421
• Midwest: 36
• South: 116

72% of the 23038 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Virginia.

93% of the 23038 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (5-9 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Septic Tank and Related Services (5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (5-9: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 3)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Custom Computer Programming Services (1-4: 2)
• Construction: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (1-4: 2)
• Construction: All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 23038 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	22	70.1 years
William	19	70.7 years
James	16	73.5 years
George	14	76.6 years
Robert	13	76.8 years
Charles	11	73.7 years
Mary	10	74.9 years
Richard	10	70.9 years
Elizabeth	10	80.0 years
Thomas	7	79.3 years

Most common last names in zip code 23038 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Payne	19	75.2 years
Bowles	17	75.4 years
Thurston	15	72.3 years
Johnson	14	75.6 years
Tyler	10	83.6 years
Parrish	10	82.1 years
Bland	10	78.3 years
Duncan	8	84.2 years
Harris	8	70.4 years
Lewis	8	81.4 years