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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/07101

07101

ZIP 07101 is in Newark, New Jersey, in Essex County; area codes 973, 862 and 201; Eastern time. Newark has 20 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Coordinates
40.7361, -74.2251

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 07111, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 07101 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07101
  • 🔢 Type 07101 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOILO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,101 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 263. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07099 (Kearny, NJ, 8 mi away) and 07102 (Newark, NJ, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07101 becomes 10170 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 13 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01071, 01107, 01701, 07011, 07110, 10017, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71001 in Arcadia, LA, 1,175 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,281 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07101 and you would come out at 40.74°S, 105.77°E — 826 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees466This ZIP466
Annual payroll$43,575,000This ZIP$43,575,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 07101

ZIPCityDistance
07106 Newark, NJ 0.5 mi
07111 Irvington, NJ 0.9 mi
07018 East Orange, NJ 1.4 mi
07103 Newark, NJ 1.6 mi
07108 Newark, NJ 1.6 mi
07112 Newark, NJ 1.8 mi
07079 South Orange, NJ 2.1 mi
07050 Orange, NJ 2.3 mi
07019 East Orange, NJ 2.4 mi
07040 Maplewood, NJ 2.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07101?

07101 is in Newark, New Jersey, in Essex County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7361, -74.2251.

What county is 07101 in?

07101 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 07101?

Newark uses area codes 973, 862 and 201, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 07101 in?

07101 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 07101?

The closest are 07106 (0.5 mi), 07111 (0.9 mi), 07018 (1.4 mi), 07103 (1.6 mi) and 07108 (1.6 mi).

Is 07101 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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