ZIP 08215 vs ZIP 08224

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08215 (Egg Harbor City, NJ) and ZIP 08224 (New Gretna, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08215 has a population of 13,442 at 45 people per square mile, while ZIP 08224 has 573 at 47 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 08215 reports a median household income of $80,893 against $96,250 in ZIP 08224, with per-capita income of $41,850 vs $42,196. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.4% in 08215 and 21.7% in 08224. Poverty rate reads 6.4% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 3.4% — 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 $286,500 in 08215 versus $387,500 in 08224, with median rent of $1,562 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.3% 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.