ZIP 08505 vs ZIP 08554

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08505 (Bordentown, NJ) and ZIP 08554 (Roebling, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08505 has a population of 17,736 at 324 people per square mile, while ZIP 08554 has 3,818 at 1,396 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 08505 reports a median household income of $112,845 against $89,242 in ZIP 08554, with per-capita income of $50,955 vs $46,577. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.4% in 08505 and 26.6% in 08554. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs 7.4%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 5.1% — 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 $362,500 in 08505 versus $200,600 in 08554, with median rent of $1,717 and $1,818 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.1% vs 86.6%. 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.