ZIP 08562 vs ZIP 08641

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08562 (Wrightstown, NJ) and ZIP 08641 (Joint Base Mdl, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08562 has a population of 5,371 at 121 people per square mile, while ZIP 08641 has 3,553 at 270 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 08562 reports a median household income of $103,493 against $74,071 in ZIP 08641, with per-capita income of $42,745 vs $28,772. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.5% in 08562 and 35.5% in 08641. Poverty rate reads 11.7% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 2.1% — 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 $301,800 in 08562 versus — in 08641, with median rent of $1,214 and $2,541 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.9% vs 2.4%. 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.