ZIP 08081 vs ZIP 08021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08081 (Sicklerville, NJ) and ZIP 08021 (Clementon, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08081 has a population of 50,589 at 730 people per square mile, while ZIP 08021 has 44,833 at 1,335 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 08081 reports a median household income of $105,800 against $68,044 in ZIP 08021, with per-capita income of $43,305 vs $35,678. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.3% in 08081 and 25.7% in 08021. Poverty rate reads 8.3% vs 15.8%, and unemployment 5.5% 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 $286,200 in 08081 versus $217,000 in 08021, with median rent of $1,562 and $1,352 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.9% vs 46.7%. 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.