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07109

ZIP 07109 is Belleville, New Jersey, in Essex County; area codes 973 and 862; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Population
37,984
Coordinates
40.7935, -74.1612
☼ Live from 07109 — Belleville, NJ

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Where 07109 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07109
  • 🔢 Type 07109 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOILO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 07109 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101111000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07108 (Newark, NJ, 5 mi away) and 07110 (Nutley, NJ, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07109 becomes 90170, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00719, 00791, 00917, 00971, 01079, 01097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09071 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,005 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,284 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07109 and you would come out at 40.79°S, 105.84°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.
  • 📏 At 3.3 square miles of land, 07109 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population37,984This ZIP37,984
Households14,249This ZIP14,249
Housing units14,997This ZIP14,997
Median age42.3This ZIP42.3New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$90,438This ZIP$90,438New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$420,800This ZIP$420,800New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,654This ZIP$1,654New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.8%This ZIP32.8%
Mean commute32.2 minThis ZIP32.2 min
Population density11,503.3 / sq miThis ZIP11,503.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments742This ZIP742
Employees9,622This ZIP9,622
Annual payroll$545,004,000This ZIP$545,004,000
Tax returns filed20,300This ZIP20,300
Total adjusted gross income$1,283,377,000This ZIP$1,283,377,000

Land area

Land area3.30 sq miThis ZIP3.30 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Other place names in 07109

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ZIP codes near 07109

ZIPCityDistance
07003 Bloomfield, NJ 1.7 mi
07104 Newark, NJ 1.8 mi
07110 Nutley, NJ 1.9 mi
07031 North Arlington, NJ 1.9 mi
07028 Glen Ridge, NJ 2.4 mi
07107 Newark, NJ 2.5 mi
07071 Lyndhurst, NJ 2.5 mi
07017 East Orange, NJ 2.8 mi
07019 East Orange, NJ 2.9 mi
07014 Clifton, NJ 2.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07109?

07109 is in Belleville, New Jersey, in Essex County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7935, -74.1612.

What county is 07109 in?

07109 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 07109?

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

What time zone is 07109 in?

07109 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07109?

About 37,984 people live in ZIP code 07109, in 14,249 households, at 11,503.3 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 07109?

$90,438 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07109?

The closest are 07003 (1.7 mi), 07104 (1.8 mi), 07110 (1.9 mi), 07031 (1.9 mi) and 07028 (2.4 mi).

Is 07109 a PO Box ZIP code?

07109 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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