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07079

ZIP 07079 is South Orange, New Jersey, in Essex County; area codes 973 and 862; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Population
18,539
Coordinates
40.7488, -74.2615
☼ Live from 07079 — South Orange, NJ

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Where 07079 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07079
  • 🔢 Type 07079 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLOLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 07079 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07078 (Short Hills, NJ, 3 mi away) and 07080 (South Plainfield, NJ, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07079 becomes 97070 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wilsonville, OR, 2,433 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00977, 07097, 07970, 09077, 09707, 09770, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09770 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,593 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,279 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07079 and you would come out at 40.75°S, 105.74°E — 828 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 2.9 square miles of land, 07079 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,539This ZIP18,539
Households6,113This ZIP6,113
Housing units6,231This ZIP6,231
Median age37.5This ZIP37.5New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$195,417This ZIP$195,417New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$866,600This ZIP$866,600New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,294This ZIP$2,294New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher77.1%This ZIP77.1%
Mean commute38.6 minThis ZIP38.6 min
Population density6,502.6 / sq miThis ZIP6,502.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments476This ZIP476
Employees6,799This ZIP6,799
Annual payroll$269,817,000This ZIP$269,817,000
Tax returns filed7,420This ZIP7,420
Total adjusted gross income$1,764,332,000This ZIP$1,764,332,000

Land area

Land area2.85 sq miThis ZIP2.85 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 07079

ZIPCityDistance
07040 Maplewood, NJ 1.2 mi
07106 Newark, NJ 1.7 mi
07050 Orange, NJ 1.9 mi
07101 Newark, NJ 2.1 mi
07111 Irvington, NJ 2.3 mi
07018 East Orange, NJ 2.3 mi
07088 Vauxhall, NJ 2.4 mi
07052 West Orange, NJ 2.6 mi
07041 Millburn, NJ 2.8 mi
07051 Orange, NJ 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07079?

07079 is in South Orange, New Jersey, in Essex County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7488, -74.2615.

What county is 07079 in?

07079 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 07079?

South Orange uses area codes 973 and 862, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 07079 in?

07079 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07079?

About 18,539 people live in ZIP code 07079, in 6,113 households, at 6,502.6 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 07079?

$195,417 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07079?

The closest are 07040 (1.2 mi), 07106 (1.7 mi), 07050 (1.9 mi), 07101 (2.1 mi) and 07111 (2.3 mi).

Is 07079 a PO Box ZIP code?

07079 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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