ZIP 08641 vs ZIP 08640

This side-by-side compares ZIP 08641 (Joint Base Mdl, NJ) and ZIP 08640 (Joint Base Mdl, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 08641 has a population of 3,553 at 270 people per square mile, while ZIP 08640 has 7,716 at 139 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 08641 reports a median household income of $74,071 against $92,303 in ZIP 08640, with per-capita income of $28,772 vs $15,935. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.5% in 08641 and 13.4% in 08640. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 3.0% — 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 — in 08641 versus — in 08640, with median rent of $2,541 and $2,466 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 2.4% vs 0.3%. 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.