# ZIP 08608, NJ — housing report

0 metrics over the `5y` change window, ranked against 598 zip regions in NJ.

Between them the metrics reach from 2017-01-01 to 2026-12-31; each one covers its own window, given in the table.

## Metrics

| Metric | Start | Latest | Change | Annualised | Rank | Window |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |

Rank 1 is the better end of the cohort as the metric defines better, not always the largest rise.

## Current values

Every metric's most recent reading, ranked against peers by value rather than by change. Metrics published as a single snapshot — the MOD-IV assessment aggregates and HUD's CHAS tables — appear only here, because a change needs two observations.

| Metric | Value | Rank | As of | Source |
| --- | ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| People per household | 1.91 ± 0.36 | 471st–592nd of 594 (near the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Commutes of an hour or more | 21.9% ± 20.1 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Workers driving alone | 45.0% ± 35.2 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Workers commuting by transit | 3.1% (0.0% to 7.6%) | 112th–594th of 594 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Workers walking to work | 0.0% (0.0% to 2.5%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| People with a disability | 24.6% ± 6.5 points | 2nd–85th of 597 (near the top) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Heated with electricity | 55.4% ± 23.4 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Heated with utility gas | 36.1% ± 18.1 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Heated with oil | 0.0% (0.0% to 2.1%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Heated another way, or not at all | 0.0% (0.0% to 4.8%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Heated with propane | 8.4% (0.0% to 17.5%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homeownership rate | 15.3% ± 10.9 points | 560th–591st of 595 (near the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homeowner vacancy rate | 0.0% (0.0% to 14.0%) | 1st–591st of 591 (too uncertain to place) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homes, all housing units | 722 ± 213 | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Students at private schools, grades 9 to 12 | 0.0% (0.0% to 37.5%) | 15th–570th of 570 (can't be told apart from most) | 2021-12-31 | census_acs |
| Students at private schools | 0.0% (0.0% to 53.5%) | 4th–579th of 579 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Students at private schools, kindergarten to grade 8 | 0.0% (0.0% to 46.3%) | 6th–574th of 574 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homes without a complete kitchen | 0.0% (0.0% to 1.9%) | 1st–527th lowest of 595 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homes without complete plumbing | 0.0% (0.0% to 1.9%) | 1st–576th lowest of 595 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Households of one person | 45.8% ± 10.8 points | 4th–121st of 595 (near the top) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Married-couple households | 24.0% ± 14.6 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Commute, minutes each way | 33.2 min ± 25.8 min | 1st–577th lowest of 577 (too uncertain to place) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Electricity a month, typical home billed for it | $103/mo (no margin available) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Gas a month, typical home billed for it | $47/mo (no margin available) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Median gross rent | $996/mo ± $223/mo | 453rd–541st of 541 (near the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Median household income | $61,201 ± $34,027 | 372nd–574th of 574 (toward the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homeowners insurance a year, typical home with a mortgage | $541 (no margin available) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Median owner-occupied home value | $132,400 ± $93,679 | 526th–571st of 571 (near the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Median gross rent, one bedroom | $912/mo ± $867/mo | 74th–460th of 460 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Median gross rent, two bedrooms | $1,344/mo ± $513/mo | 183rd–494th of 494 (toward the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Median gross rent, studio | $724/mo ± $188/mo | 181st–274th of 280 (toward the bottom) | 2023-12-31 | census_acs |
| Water and sewer a year, typical home billed for it | $367 (no margin available) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Median year built | 1977 ± 6 | 81st–263rd of 567 (toward the top) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Households without a car | 37.7% ± 16.0 points | 4th–73rd of 595 (near the top) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Crowded homes | 10.7% (0.0% to 23.1%) | 1st–595th lowest of 595 (too uncertain to place) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Owner costs a month, with a mortgage | $2,148/mo ± $930/mo | 177th–542nd of 544 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Owners paying half their income or more | 0.0% (0.0% to 19.8%) | 1st–560th lowest of 591 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Total population | 1,250 ± 514 | 510th–545th of 598 (near the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Rental vacancy rate | 0.0% (0.0% to 2.5%) | 98th–574th of 574 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Renters paying over 30% of income on housing | 23.9% ± 12.9 points | 1st–200th lowest of 569 (toward the low end) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Renters paying half their income or more | 19.3% ± 11.2 points | 20th–492nd lowest of 569 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Renters paying utilities on top of rent | 70.7% (no margin available) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Rent paid to the landlord, lower quarter | $410/mo ± $370/mo | 457th–540th of 540 (near the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Rent paid to the landlord, upper quarter | $1,127/mo ± $119/mo | 468th–534th of 535 (near the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Studios and one-bedroom homes | 65.4% ± 18.4 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homes in buildings of 20 or more | 35.0% ± 13.8 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homes in buildings of two to four | 22.7% ± 15.4 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Two-bedroom homes | 21.9% ± 13.6 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Three-bedroom homes | 12.7% (0.0% to 25.5%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Four or more bedrooms | 0.0% (0.0% to 2.7%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homes in buildings of five to 19 | 38.0% ± 23.3 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Townhouses and other attached homes | 4.3% (0.0% to 10.8%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Built 1940 to 1979 | 45.4% ± 18.8 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Built 1980 to 1999 | 26.9% ± 22.1 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Built in 2000 or later | 16.3% ± 9.9 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Built before 1940 | 11.4% ± 8.7 points | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Single-family detached homes | 0.0% (0.0% to 1.9%) | 583rd–595th of 595 (near the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Mobile homes | 0.0% (0.0% to 1.9%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Vacancy rate | 9.6% ± 7.2 points | 37th–482nd of 595 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Empty for other reasons | 100.0% (no sampling error) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Empty homes kept for seasonal use | 0.0% (0.0% to 20.3%) | — | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Households with children | 18.4% ± 11.4 points | 269th–589th of 595 (toward the bottom) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Workers working from home | 28.2% ± 23.6 points | 4th–565th of 594 (can't be told apart from most) | 2024-12-31 | census_acs |
| Homes in FEMA's 1% flood zone (count) | 1 | — | 2026-12-31 | fema_nfhl |
| Homes in FEMA's 1% flood zone | 0.1% | 40th lowest of 533 | 2026-12-31 | fema_nfhl |
| Homes in FEMA's 0.2% flood zone | 2.7% | 161st highest of 533 | 2026-12-31 | fema_nfhl |
| Homes FEMA's flood map determines | 100.0% | — | 2026-12-31 | fema_nfhl |
| Jobs held by residents | 490 | — | 2023-12-31 | census_lodes |
| Residents' jobs in their home county | 44.9% | — | 2023-12-31 | census_lodes |
| Residents' jobs in New York City | 3.9% | — | 2023-12-31 | census_lodes |
| Residents' jobs elsewhere in New Jersey | 41.2% | — | 2023-12-31 | census_lodes |
| Residents' jobs in other states | 3.5% | — | 2023-12-31 | census_lodes |
| Residents' jobs in Pennsylvania | 6.5% | — | 2023-12-31 | census_lodes |
| Home heating-oil tank cleanups | 0 | — | 2026-12-31 | njdep_kcsl |
| Contaminated sites, cleanup open | 4 | — | 2026-12-31 | njdep_kcsl |
| Contaminated sites, cleaned up with controls | 3 | — | 2026-12-31 | njdep_kcsl |
| Homes in the climate-adjusted tidal flood area | 0.2% | 174th lowest of 403 | 2026-12-31 | njdep_cafe |
| Homes near any transit stop | 100.0% | — | 2026-12-31 | bts_ntm |
| Homes within a quarter mile of a bus stop | 100.0% | — | 2026-12-31 | bts_ntm |
| Homes within half a mile of a rail stop | 71.2% | — | 2026-12-31 | bts_ntm |
| Homes on public water | 100.0% | — | 2026-12-31 | njdep_water_areas |
| Homes on a system with a recent health-based violation | 100.0% | — | 2026-12-31 | epa_sdwis |
| Observed rent index, all homes | $1,300/mo | 325th of 325 | 2026-08-31 | zillow_zori |

## Margins of error

± is a survey figure's 90% margin of error, as the publisher reports it or as its inputs imply: a change's margin is in the change's own terms, and a share's in percentage points. A rank given as a range is where those margins let this region fall — the survey cannot place it more precisely. "no margin available" means the publisher reports none for that figure, which is still an estimate; "no sampling error" means the figure is fixed to another estimate rather than drawn from the sample. A survey figure's annualised change is not shown, because no margin is computed for it.

## Caveats

- ACS 5-year vintages overlap by four years, so consecutive estimates are not independent measurements and short windows understate the real separation.
- Zillow's rent index begins in 2015 and covers far fewer places than its home-value index, so any rent figure rests on a thinner base — and ranks against a smaller cohort — than a value figure.
- Census survey figures for a ZIP code are measured for its ZCTA, the area the Census builds from census blocks to approximate the ZIP's delivery routes; the two can differ. ZCTA figures begin with the 2016-2020 survey, the first drawn on 2020's ZCTAs, so none shows a five-year change yet.
- ZIP-level values are allocated from Census ZCTAs rather than measured. A ZIP straddling several municipalities is an estimate, not an observation. Allocation weights for this ZIP: hud_res_ratio.

## Sources

| Source | Publisher | Vintage | Retrieved | Releases | Licence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| National Transit Map — stops | Bureau of Transportation Statistics | current | 2026-10-06 | 1 | Public domain (U.S. Government work) |
| American Community Survey, 5-year estimates | U.S. Census Bureau | 2021 | 2026-10-28 | 1 | Public domain (U.S. Government work) |
| American Community Survey, 5-year estimates | U.S. Census Bureau | 2023 | 2026-10-01 | 1 | Public domain (U.S. Government work) |
| American Community Survey, 5-year estimates | U.S. Census Bureau | 2024 | 2026-10-01 | 11 | Public domain (U.S. Government work) |
| LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8) | U.S. Census Bureau | 2023 | 2026-10-06 | 1 | Public domain (U.S. Government work) |
| Safe Drinking Water Information System — violations | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | current | 2026-10-03 | 1 | Public domain (U.S. Government work) |
| National Flood Hazard Layer — flood hazard zones | Federal Emergency Management Agency | current | 2026-10-03 | 1 | Public domain (U.S. Government work) |
| Tidal Climate Adjusted Flood Elevation (sea-level rise 4 ft) | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | current | 2026-10-03 | 1 | NJDEP Data Distribution Agreement |
| Known Contaminated Sites List | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | current | 2026-10-16 | 1 | NJDEP Data Distribution Agreement |
| Public Community Water Purveyor Service Areas | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | current | 2026-10-03 | 1 | NJDEP Data Distribution Agreement |
| Zillow Observed Rent Index | Zillow Research | current | 2026-09-20 | 1 | Free for non-commercial use with attribution |

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Generated from analysis packet `1.7` for region `3358` (GEOID `08608`). Every figure is read from the housing warehouse and produced by the sources above, subject to the caveats. Nothing in this report is model-generated.

## Terms and notices

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U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, version 8, https://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/lodes