ZIP 08090 vs ZIP 08097

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08090 (Wenonah, NJ) and ZIP 08097 (Woodbury Heights, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08090 has a population of 8,358 at 1,259 people per square mile, while ZIP 08097 has 3,293 at 923 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 08090 reports a median household income of $115,701 against $119,042 in ZIP 08097, with per-capita income of $44,919 vs $52,923. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.7% in 08090 and 32.0% in 08097. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 4.4%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 2.2% — 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 $289,200 in 08090 versus $280,100 in 08097, with median rent of — and $1,325 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.2% vs 95.5%. 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.