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07070

ZIP 07070 is Rutherford, New Jersey, in Bergen County; area codes 201 and 551; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bergen
Population
18,894
Coordinates
40.8203, -74.1060
☼ Live from 07070 — Rutherford, NJ

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Where 07070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07070
  • 🔢 Type 07070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆07070 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,070 = 2 × 5 × 7 × 101. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07069 (Watchung, NJ, 21 mi away) and 07071 (Lyndhurst, NJ, 2 mi away).
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00707, 07007, 70070). The farthest-flung twin is 00707 in Maunabo, PR, 1,649 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,287 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07070 and you would come out at 40.82°S, 105.89°E — 825 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 2.8 square miles of land, 07070 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,894This ZIP18,894
Households6,875This ZIP6,875
Housing units7,129This ZIP7,129
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$143,153This ZIP$143,153New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$603,600This ZIP$603,600New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,966This ZIP$1,966New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher60.5%This ZIP60.5%
Mean commute33.8 minThis ZIP33.8 min
Population density6,794.0 / sq miThis ZIP6,794.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments582This ZIP582
Employees9,372This ZIP9,372
Annual payroll$679,016,000This ZIP$679,016,000
Tax returns filed9,310This ZIP9,310
Total adjusted gross income$1,209,335,000This ZIP$1,209,335,000

Land area

Land area2.78 sq miThis ZIP2.78 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 07070

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

ZIP codes near 07070

ZIPCityDistance
07073 East Rutherford, NJ 1.1 mi
07071 Lyndhurst, NJ 1.6 mi
07014 Clifton, NJ 1.7 mi
07057 Wallington, NJ 2.3 mi
07075 Wood Ridge, NJ 2.3 mi
07072 Carlstadt, NJ 2.3 mi
07031 North Arlington, NJ 2.6 mi
07110 Nutley, NJ 2.6 mi
07055 Passaic, NJ 2.8 mi
07074 Moonachie, NJ 2.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07070?

07070 is in Rutherford, New Jersey, in Bergen County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8203, -74.1060.

What county is 07070 in?

07070 lies in Bergen County.

What area code is 07070?

Rutherford uses area codes 201 and 551, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 07070 in?

07070 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07070?

About 18,894 people live in ZIP code 07070, in 6,875 households, at 6,794.0 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 07070?

$143,153 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07070?

The closest are 07073 (1.1 mi), 07071 (1.6 mi), 07014 (1.7 mi), 07057 (2.3 mi) and 07075 (2.3 mi).

Is 07070 a PO Box ZIP code?

07070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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