ZIP 08085 vs ZIP 08014

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08085 (Swedesboro, NJ) and ZIP 08014 (Bridgeport, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08085 has a population of 18,737 at 156 people per square mile, while ZIP 08014 has 504 at 67 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 08085 reports a median household income of $134,762 against — in ZIP 08014, with per-capita income of $49,188 vs $47,331. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.1% in 08085 and 0.0% in 08014. Poverty rate reads 10.2% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 0.0% — 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 $384,500 in 08085 versus $256,800 in 08014, with median rent of $1,811 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.8% vs 100.0%. 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.