ZIP 08350 vs ZIP 08310

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08350 (Richland, NJ) and ZIP 08310 (Buena, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08350 has a population of 825 at 80 people per square mile, while ZIP 08310 has 1,670 at 57 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 08350 reports a median household income of $158,271 against $42,442 in ZIP 08310, with per-capita income of $50,679 vs $71,316. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.1% in 08350 and 20.6% in 08310. Poverty rate reads 1.3% vs 14.7%, and unemployment 7.8% vs 5.7% — 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 $225,300 in 08350 versus $134,100 in 08310, with median rent of — and $1,127 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 79.0%. 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.