ZIP 22312
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 22312 usually run 1.3% below trend in December and 0.7% above it in August, about $42 a month apart at today's median. Based on 7 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 22312 is 0.9% below its high of $2,118 in March 2025, at $2,099 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 22312 changed +0.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 169 Virginia ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 22312 rose 26.2% while median household income rose 32.7% ($82,371 to $109,272). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 22312 is 25.5% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($109,272) is $2,732 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,290); a 3-bedroom is $2,890.
ZIP 22311, 2 miles away, rents for 14% less ($1,812/mo), about $3,400 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 22312. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 22312 (Lincolnia, VA) is roughly split between renters and owners, has a median income above the national average, 53.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 22312 in Lincolnia, VA has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 22312 in Lincolnia, VA paid around $1,646 a month. That figure now sits near $2,099, up 27.5% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $91,549 to $109,272 between 2021 and 2024, a 19.4% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 22312 in Lincolnia, VA losing about 558 residents over the five-year window, down 2.0% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 48.2% to 53.5% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 22312 in Lincolnia, VA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 22312 covers Lincolnia, VA. The median rent here is $2,099/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,050/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,290/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($109,272/yr), ZIP 22312 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.3% over the past year.
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