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07060

ZIP 07060 is in Plainfield, New Jersey, mostly in Union County; area code 908; Eastern time. Plainfield has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 07061, 07062 and 07063.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Union +2 more
Population
48,363
Coordinates
40.6167, -74.4220
☼ Live from 07060 — Plainfield, NJ

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Where 07060 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07060
  • 🔢 Type 07060 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgOLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,060 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 353. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07059 (Warren, NJ, 5 mi away) and 07061 (Plainfield, NJ, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07060 becomes 06070 — and that is a real ZIP code: Simsbury, CT, 121 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00670, 06070, 07006, 60007, 60070, 70006, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00670 in Las Marias, PR, 1,608 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,272 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07060 and you would come out at 40.62°S, 105.58°E — 827 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 5.0 square miles of land, 07060 is bigger than 19% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population48,363This ZIP48,363
Households14,951This ZIP14,951
Housing units15,653This ZIP15,653
Median age33.4This ZIP33.4New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$78,602This ZIP$78,602New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$393,800This ZIP$393,800New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,724This ZIP$1,724New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Mean commute29.1 minThis ZIP29.1 min
Population density9,674.5 / sq miThis ZIP9,674.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments949This ZIP949
Employees7,986This ZIP7,986
Annual payroll$329,847,000This ZIP$329,847,000
Tax returns filed23,080This ZIP23,080
Total adjusted gross income$1,217,903,000This ZIP$1,217,903,000

Land area

Land area5.00 sq miThis ZIP5.00 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 07060 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Union County 62.4%
Somerset County 37.6%
Middlesex County 0.1%

Other place names in 07060

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 07060

ZIPCityDistance
07062 Plainfield, NJ 1.4 mi
07063 Plainfield, NJ 1.4 mi
07069 Watchung, NJ 2.0 mi
07023 Fanwood, NJ 2.6 mi
07076 Scotch Plains, NJ 2.8 mi
07080 South Plainfield, NJ 2.9 mi
08812 Dunellen, NJ 3.2 mi
08820 Edison, NJ 4.0 mi
07922 Berkeley Heights, NJ 4.1 mi
07090 Westfield, NJ 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07060?

07060 is in Plainfield, New Jersey, in Union County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6167, -74.4220.

What county is 07060 in?

07060 spans 3 counties: Union County, Somerset County and Middlesex County. Most of it falls in Union County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 07060?

Plainfield uses area code 908, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 07060 in?

07060 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07060?

About 48,363 people live in ZIP code 07060, in 14,951 households, at 9,674.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 07060?

$78,602 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07060?

The closest are 07062 (1.4 mi), 07063 (1.4 mi), 07069 (2 mi), 07023 (2.6 mi) and 07076 (2.8 mi).

Is 07060 a PO Box ZIP code?

07060 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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