ZIP 19137 vs ZIP 08110

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19137 (Philadelphia, PA) and ZIP 08110 (Pennsauken, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19137 has a population of 8,638 at 1,379 people per square mile, while ZIP 08110 has 19,008 at 1,143 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 19137 reports a median household income of $76,739 against $83,729 in ZIP 08110, with per-capita income of $35,707 vs $31,759. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.5% in 19137 and 19.8% in 08110. Poverty rate reads 12.0% vs 13.8%, and unemployment 11.0% vs 8.6% — 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 $227,500 in 19137 versus $208,800 in 08110, with median rent of $1,226 and $1,288 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.8% vs 72.3%. 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.