ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 08232

Atlantic County, New Jersey: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-09-05

20,241
Population (ZIP)
0
Violent rate /100K (county)
0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 08232 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 08232 sits within Atlantic County, NJ, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 08232 carries a Census-reported population of 20,241, ranking #6 of 25 ZIPs in Atlantic County, spread across 5.87 square miles (about 3,448 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Atlantic County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Atlantic County crime page linked below.

ZIP 08232 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Atlantic County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 08232 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$49,701
Median age
35.1 years
Owner-occupied homes
50%
Occupied homes
6,438
Median home value
$159,100
Bachelor's degree or higher
10.8%
Poverty rate
23.7%
Unemployment rate
9.2%

ZIP 08232's median home value of $159,100 is lower than 97% of the 518 NJ ZIPs with a reported value, among the most affordable in the state by this measure.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, housing tenure, home value, education, and unemployment).

ZIP 08232 settlement vs Atlantic County

ZIP 08232 itself is about 3,448 people per Census sq mi across 5.9 sq mi (20,241 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 08232 accounts for roughly 7.4% of the county reporting population (20,241 of 274,534).

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 08232

Similar Census population (~20,241)

County detail: Atlantic County · State atlas: New Jersey

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.