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Burlington County · New Jersey

ZIP code 08046

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 08046 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
31,876

ZCTA residents

Median income
$91,447

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$240,000

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6.625%

New Jersey state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 08046 sits in Burlington County, New Jersey and is home to 31,876 people. Median household income is $91,447, the median home is worth $240,000 and median gross rent is $1,941. 81.7% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6.625% (New Jersey state rate).

County
Burlington County

FIPS 34005

State
New Jersey (NJ)

598 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 08046

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
31,876ZIP 08046 residents
Median household income
$91,447Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$240,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,941Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
38.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
81.7%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 08046 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 08046 is a small city in Burlington County, New Jersey, with 31,876 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #85 of 598 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 38.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in ZIP 08046 earn a median of $91,447 a year, 16.4% above the national figure of $78,538. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 08046 is valued at $240,000, 20.9% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,941 a month, 38.1% above the national figure, or roughly $23,292 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 81.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

Reading ZIP 08046 in context

How 08046 sits inside Burlington County and New Jersey.

ZIP 08046 is tabulated inside Burlington County, New Jersey, one of 33 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 598 across New Jersey. This is a dense urban ZIP, where a single postal boundary can hold more residents than an entire rural county. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 08046 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 08046 reports a median household income of $91,447, 11% below the $102,321 county median, and 16% below the $109,182 typical NJ ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $240,000, 26% below the county figure and 43% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,941 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

New Jersey charges 6.625% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 08046.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 08046 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 08046

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6.625%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$7Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$66Before any exemptions

New Jersey levies 6.625% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
25%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.6×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,245/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
9.2%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 08046 compares

ZIP 08046 against the median ZIP in Burlington County and across New Jersey.

MeasureZIP 08046County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$91,447$102,321$109,182-16%
Median home value$240,000$324,700$423,950-43%
Median gross rent$1,941$1,619$1,718+13%
Population31,8768,16710,128+215%

Medians are computed across the 33 ZIP areas in Burlington County and the 598 ZIP areas in New Jersey.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 598 New Jersey ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 27% of 563 state ZIPs

#410
Home value

above 11% of 562 state ZIPs

#502
Population

larger than 86% of 598 state ZIPs

#85

Comparable ZIP codes

New Jersey ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
07073Bergen County$91,789$453,500$1,867
07852Morris County$90,924$424,900$1,476
07416Sussex County$90,869$263,600$1,346
07088Union County$92,041$343,700$2,046
07065Union County$90,852$362,300$1,764
08094Gloucester County$92,125$260,200$1,420

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Burlington County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Burlington County, New Jersey.

ZIP 08046 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 08046?
ZIP 08046 lies mostly in Burlington County, New Jersey. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 08046?
New Jersey charges 6.625% statewide.
Is 08046 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,941 a month, about 25% of median household income, and the median home is worth $240,000 — -43% against the typical New Jersey ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08046, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.