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07076

ZIP 07076 is Scotch Plains, New Jersey, in Union County; area code 908; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Union
Population
24,843
Coordinates
40.6330, -74.3729
☼ Live from 07076 — Scotch Plains, NJ

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Where 07076 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07076
  • 🔢 Type 07076 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLOLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,076 = 2 × 2 × 29 × 61. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07075 (Wood Ridge, NJ, 21 mi away) and 07077 (Sewaren, NJ, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07076 becomes 67070 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kiowa, KS, 1,320 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00677, 00767, 06077, 06770, 07067, 07607, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00767 in Yabucoa, PR, 1,638 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,274 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07076 and you would come out at 40.63°S, 105.63°E — 826 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 9.0 square miles of land, 07076 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,843This ZIP24,843
Households8,563This ZIP8,563
Housing units8,840This ZIP8,840
Median age42.3This ZIP42.3New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$183,655This ZIP$183,655New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$718,200This ZIP$718,200New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,060This ZIP$2,060New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher64.8%This ZIP64.8%
Mean commute33.7 minThis ZIP33.7 min
Population density2,761.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,761.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments574This ZIP574
Employees4,333This ZIP4,333
Annual payroll$183,338,000This ZIP$183,338,000
Tax returns filed12,070This ZIP12,070
Total adjusted gross income$2,301,097,000This ZIP$2,301,097,000

Land area

Land area9.00 sq miThis ZIP9.00 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

ZIP codes near 07076

ZIPCityDistance
07023 Fanwood, NJ 0.9 mi
07062 Plainfield, NJ 1.6 mi
07090 Westfield, NJ 2.0 mi
07060 Plainfield, NJ 2.8 mi
07027 Garwood, NJ 2.9 mi
07092 Mountainside, NJ 3.4 mi
07069 Watchung, NJ 3.4 mi
07066 Clark, NJ 3.4 mi
08820 Edison, NJ 3.9 mi
07016 Cranford, NJ 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07076?

07076 is in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, in Union County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6330, -74.3729.

What county is 07076 in?

07076 lies in Union County.

What area code is 07076?

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

What time zone is 07076 in?

07076 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07076?

About 24,843 people live in ZIP code 07076, in 8,563 households, at 2,761.9 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 07076?

$183,655 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07076?

The closest are 07023 (0.9 mi), 07062 (1.6 mi), 07090 (2 mi), 07060 (2.8 mi) and 07027 (2.9 mi).

Is 07076 a PO Box ZIP code?

07076 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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