ZIP 08060 vs ZIP 08048

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08060 (Mount Holly, NJ) and ZIP 08048 (Lumberton, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08060 has a population of 24,713 at 430 people per square mile, while ZIP 08048 has 12,495 at 367 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 08060 reports a median household income of $109,292 against $113,440 in ZIP 08048, with per-capita income of $48,033 vs $57,719. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.4% in 08060 and 44.8% in 08048. Poverty rate reads 7.0% vs 7.5%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 6.9% — 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 $338,100 in 08060 versus $432,100 in 08048, with median rent of $1,710 and $1,664 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.0% vs 73.2%. 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.