ZIP 08016 vs ZIP 08518

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08016 (Burlington, NJ) and ZIP 08518 (Florence, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08016 has a population of 33,540 at 569 people per square mile, while ZIP 08518 has 4,986 at 1,014 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 08016 reports a median household income of $98,463 against $97,045 in ZIP 08518, with per-capita income of $45,392 vs $39,616. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.2% in 08016 and 29.7% in 08518. Poverty rate reads 10.3% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 6.1% — 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 $339,100 in 08016 versus $331,800 in 08518, with median rent of $1,396 and $1,359 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.1% vs 71.4%. 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.