ZIP 08210 vs ZIP 08202

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08210 (Cape May Court House, NJ) and ZIP 08202 (Avalon, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08210 has a population of 17,167 at 96 people per square mile, while ZIP 08202 has 1,444 at 88 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 08210 reports a median household income of $90,013 against $146,071 in ZIP 08202, with per-capita income of $47,957 vs $109,832. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.9% in 08210 and 69.9% in 08202. Poverty rate reads 11.3% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 3.5% — 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 $370,500 in 08210 versus $1,857,400 in 08202, with median rent of $1,525 and $1,708 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.6% vs 93.4%. 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.