ZIP 08006 vs ZIP 08752

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08006 (Barnegat Light, NJ) and ZIP 08752 (Seaside Park, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08006 has a population of 518 at 269 people per square mile, while ZIP 08752 has 2,074 at 168 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 08006 reports a median household income of $125,417 against $78,750 in ZIP 08752, with per-capita income of $82,301 vs $77,992. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 73.3% in 08006 and 53.2% in 08752. Poverty rate reads 5.9% vs 7.9%, and unemployment 20.1% vs 3.9% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $1,107,800 in 08006 versus $802,300 in 08752, with median rent of — and $1,640 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.9% vs 82.0%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.