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07062

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Union +1 more
Population
15,399
Coordinates
40.6313, -74.4039
☼ Live from 07062 — Plainfield, NJ

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Where 07062 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 07062
  • 🔢 Type 07062 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgOLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,062 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 107. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07061 (Plainfield, NJ, 6 mi away) and 07063 (Plainfield, NJ, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07062 becomes 26070 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wellsburg, WV, 326 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00627, 00726, 02067, 02670, 02760, 06027, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00726 in Caguas, PR, 1,625 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 07062 and you would come out at 40.63°S, 105.60°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 1.9 square miles of land, 07062 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,399This ZIP15,399
Households4,843This ZIP4,843
Housing units5,012This ZIP5,012
Median age35.9This ZIP35.9New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$98,344This ZIP$98,344New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$396,100This ZIP$396,100New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,881This ZIP$1,881New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.4%This ZIP32.4%
Mean commute31.3 minThis ZIP31.3 min
Population density8,007.8 / sq miThis ZIP8,007.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments180This ZIP180
Employees1,352This ZIP1,352
Annual payroll$64,472,000This ZIP$64,472,000
Tax returns filed7,550This ZIP7,550
Total adjusted gross income$449,615,000This ZIP$449,615,000

Land area

Land area1.92 sq miThis ZIP1.92 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 07062 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Union County 87.8%
Somerset County 12.2%

Other place names in 07062

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ZIP codes near 07062

ZIPCityDistance
07023 Fanwood, NJ 1.2 mi
07060 Plainfield, NJ 1.4 mi
07076 Scotch Plains, NJ 1.6 mi
07069 Watchung, NJ 1.9 mi
07063 Plainfield, NJ 2.8 mi
07922 Berkeley Heights, NJ 3.4 mi
07090 Westfield, NJ 3.5 mi
07080 South Plainfield, NJ 4.0 mi
07092 Mountainside, NJ 4.1 mi
08820 Edison, NJ 4.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07062?

07062 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 40.6313, -74.4039.

What county is 07062 in?

07062 spans 2 counties: Union County and Somerset 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 07062?

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

What time zone is 07062 in?

07062 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07062?

About 15,399 people live in ZIP code 07062, in 4,843 households, at 8,007.8 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 07062?

$98,344 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07062?

The closest are 07023 (1.2 mi), 07060 (1.4 mi), 07076 (1.6 mi), 07069 (1.9 mi) and 07063 (2.8 mi).

Is 07062 a PO Box ZIP code?

07062 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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