ZIP 08317 vs ZIP 08319

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08317 (Dorothy, NJ) and ZIP 08319 (Estell Manor, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08317 has a population of 1,344 at 72 people per square mile, while ZIP 08319 has 1,253 at 34 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 08317 reports a median household income of $106,696 against $100,278 in ZIP 08319, with per-capita income of $44,188 vs $42,383. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.8% in 08317 and 32.2% in 08319. Poverty rate reads 13.6% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 13.9% vs 2.6% — 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 $326,300 in 08317 versus $315,000 in 08319, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.4% vs 99.1%. 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.