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07442

ZIP 07442 is Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, in Passaic County; area codes 862 and 973; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Passaic
Population
11,047
Coordinates
41.0027, -74.2867
☼ Live from 07442 — Pompton Lakes, NJ

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Where 07442 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07442
  • 🔢 Type 07442 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhhLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,442 = 2 × 61 × 61. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110100010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07440 (Pequannock, NJ, 4 mi away) and 07444 (Pompton Plains, NJ, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07442 becomes 24470, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02447, 02474, 02744, 04274, 04427, 04472, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74402 in Muskogee, OK, 1,191 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,276 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07442 and you would come out at 41.00°S, 105.71°E — 841 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 2.9 square miles of land, 07442 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,047This ZIP11,047
Households4,248This ZIP4,248
Housing units4,317This ZIP4,317
Median age39.7This ZIP39.7New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$124,454This ZIP$124,454New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$442,400This ZIP$442,400New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,845This ZIP$1,845New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.8%This ZIP43.8%
Mean commute29.5 minThis ZIP29.5 min
Population density3,830.4 / sq miThis ZIP3,830.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments249This ZIP249
Employees1,626This ZIP1,626
Annual payroll$60,196,000This ZIP$60,196,000
Tax returns filed6,010This ZIP6,010
Total adjusted gross income$531,279,000This ZIP$531,279,000

Land area

Land area2.88 sq miThis ZIP2.88 sq mi
Water area0.27 sq miThis ZIP0.27 sq mi

Other place names in 07442

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

ZIP codes near 07442

ZIPCityDistance
07511 Totowa, NJ 1.1 mi
07533 Paterson, NJ 1.1 mi
07543 Paterson, NJ 1.1 mi
07544 Paterson, NJ 1.1 mi
07457 Riverdale, NJ 1.5 mi
07420 Haskell, NJ 2.0 mi
07444 Pompton Plains, NJ 2.7 mi
07403 Bloomingdale, NJ 2.7 mi
07436 Oakland, NJ 3.1 mi
07465 Wanaque, NJ 3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07442?

07442 is in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, in Passaic County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0027, -74.2867.

What county is 07442 in?

07442 lies in Passaic County.

What area code is 07442?

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

What time zone is 07442 in?

07442 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07442?

About 11,047 people live in ZIP code 07442, in 4,248 households, at 3,830.4 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 07442?

$124,454 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07442?

The closest are 07511 (1.1 mi), 07533 (1.1 mi), 07543 (1.1 mi), 07544 (1.1 mi) and 07457 (1.5 mi).

Is 07442 a PO Box ZIP code?

07442 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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