ZIP 08052 vs ZIP 08077

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08052 (Maple Shade, NJ) and ZIP 08077 (Riverton, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08052 has a population of 19,172 at 1,932 people per square mile, while ZIP 08077 has 18,307 at 873 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 08052 reports a median household income of $79,087 against $128,271 in ZIP 08077, with per-capita income of $43,110 vs $56,951. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.3% in 08052 and 45.9% in 08077. Poverty rate reads 13.1% vs 3.7%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 6.5% — 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 $250,600 in 08052 versus $386,100 in 08077, with median rent of $1,638 and $1,922 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 49.0% vs 83.7%. 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.