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Rio Grande, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rio Grande, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,216. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet RIO-GRANDE-NJ · Rio Grande, NJ 1 ZIPs · 3,216 pop · #5644/25278 · Cape May County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $93,250
  • RANK-UPPER #5644/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Cape May Court H
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,216
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $318,300

Nearest income peer: Cape May Court House, NJ ( $3,237 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Rio Grande

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rio Grande on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rio Grande, NJ sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,216
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,250
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $93,250 and home value $318,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 33.6%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rio Grande as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Vauxhall is the closest lower-income city and Manville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rio Grande.

Population concentration

Rio Grande reads through its lone ZIP, 08242

3,216 ACS residents, one ZIP: 08242 is not the leading code inside Rio Grande, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Rio Grande's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 201 establishments, 2,615 employees , annual payroll $92,576k (~63 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 08242 (201 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (51) · also Accommodation and food services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Rio Grande, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Cape May County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rio Grande. See the Cape May County roll-up →

Rio Grande lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Cape May County: Ocean City, Woodbine and Ocean View earn more and Cape May, Cape May Court House and Wildwood earn less. Stone Harbor marks the far end of that range at $167,917, 80% above Rio Grande.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
08242 3,216 $93,250 201 246
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Rio Grande roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Rio Grande, .