ZIP 08232 vs ZIP 08225

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08232 (Pleasantville, NJ) and ZIP 08225 (Northfield, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08232 has a population of 19,292 at 1,272 people per square mile, while ZIP 08225 has 8,659 at 537 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 08232 reports a median household income of $53,899 against $111,599 in ZIP 08225, with per-capita income of $23,643 vs $58,344. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.0% in 08232 and 48.3% in 08225. Poverty rate reads 24.9% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 11.0% vs 3.9% — 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 $195,000 in 08232 versus $316,200 in 08225, with median rent of $1,182 and $1,835 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 53.7% vs 88.3%. 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.