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07306

ZIP 07306 is in Jersey City, New Jersey, in Hudson County; area codes 201 and 551; Eastern time. Jersey City has 12 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hudson
Population
54,017
Coordinates
40.7363, -74.0711
☼ Live from 07306 — Jersey City, NJ

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Where 07306 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07306
  • 🔢 Type 07306 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOELO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,306 = 2 × 13 × 281. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110010001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07305 (Jersey City, NJ, 3 mi away) and 07307 (Jersey City, NJ, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07306 becomes 60370, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00637, 00736, 03076, 03607, 06037, 06073, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00736 in Cayey, PR, 1,633 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,289 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07306 and you would come out at 40.74°S, 105.93°E — 820 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 3.0 square miles of land, 07306 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population54,017This ZIP54,017
Households22,937This ZIP22,937
Housing units24,930This ZIP24,930
Median age35.6This ZIP35.6New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$74,953This ZIP$74,953New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$516,000This ZIP$516,000New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,694This ZIP$1,694New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.2%This ZIP52.2%
Mean commute36.8 minThis ZIP36.8 min
Population density18,084.0 / sq miThis ZIP18,084.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,191This ZIP1,191
Employees14,523This ZIP14,523
Annual payroll$1,180,474,000This ZIP$1,180,474,000
Tax returns filed26,530This ZIP26,530
Total adjusted gross income$1,919,596,000This ZIP$1,919,596,000

Land area

Land area2.99 sq miThis ZIP2.99 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

Other place names in 07306

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

ZIP codes near 07306

ZIPCityDistance
07096 Secaucus, NJ 0.3 mi
07097 Jersey City, NJ 0.3 mi
07099 Kearny, NJ 0.3 mi
07303 Jersey City, NJ 0.3 mi
07308 Jersey City, NJ 0.3 mi
07399 Jersey City, NJ 0.4 mi
07395 Jersey City, NJ 0.7 mi
07304 Jersey City, NJ 1.3 mi
07307 Jersey City, NJ 1.4 mi
07302 Jersey City, NJ 1.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07306?

07306 is in Jersey City, New Jersey, in Hudson County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7363, -74.0711.

What county is 07306 in?

07306 lies in Hudson County.

What area code is 07306?

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

What time zone is 07306 in?

07306 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07306?

About 54,017 people live in ZIP code 07306, in 22,937 households, at 18,084.0 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 07306?

$74,953 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07306?

The closest are 07096 (0.3 mi), 07097 (0.3 mi), 07099 (0.3 mi), 07303 (0.3 mi) and 07308 (0.3 mi).

Is 07306 a PO Box ZIP code?

07306 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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