ZIP 08043 vs ZIP 08026

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08043 (Voorhees, NJ) and ZIP 08026 (Gibbsboro, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08043 has a population of 29,131 at 980 people per square mile, while ZIP 08026 has 2,274 at 408 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 08043 reports a median household income of $105,473 against $100,313 in ZIP 08026, with per-capita income of $65,166 vs $48,601. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.3% in 08043 and 28.1% in 08026. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 7.9% — 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 $429,700 in 08043 versus $308,400 in 08026, with median rent of $1,754 and $1,420 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.0% vs 85.7%. 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.