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07524

ZIP 07524 is in Paterson, New Jersey, in Passaic County; area codes 973 and 862; Eastern time. Paterson has 14 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Passaic
Population
13,808
Coordinates
40.9317, -74.1569
☼ Live from 07524 — Paterson, NJ

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Where 07524 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07524
  • 🔢 Type 07524 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZSLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,524 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 19. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07522 (Paterson, NJ, 1 mi away) and 07533 (Paterson, NJ, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07524 becomes 42570, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02457, 02475, 02574, 02745, 04257, 04275, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75204 in Dallas, TX, 1,366 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% 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 07524 and you would come out at 40.93°S, 105.84°E — 832 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.758 square miles of land, 07524 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 367 football fields.
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People and housing

Population13,808This ZIP13,808
Households4,428This ZIP4,428
Housing units4,572This ZIP4,572
Median age32.7This ZIP32.7New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$49,103This ZIP$49,103New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$377,500This ZIP$377,500New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,412This ZIP$1,412New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.9%This ZIP8.9%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density18,216.4 / sq miThis ZIP18,216.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments278This ZIP278
Employees3,014This ZIP3,014
Annual payroll$181,317,000This ZIP$181,317,000
Tax returns filed6,920This ZIP6,920
Total adjusted gross income$228,485,000This ZIP$228,485,000

Land area

Land area0.76 sq miThis ZIP0.76 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 07524

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

ZIP codes near 07524

ZIPCityDistance
07514 Paterson, NJ 0.8 mi
07507 Hawthorne, NJ 1.2 mi
07505 Paterson, NJ 1.3 mi
07509 Paterson, NJ 1.3 mi
07510 Paterson, NJ 1.3 mi
07522 Paterson, NJ 1.3 mi
07501 Paterson, NJ 1.5 mi
07538 Haledon, NJ 1.6 mi
07504 Paterson, NJ 1.6 mi
07506 Hawthorne, NJ 1.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07524?

07524 is in Paterson, New Jersey, in Passaic County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9317, -74.1569.

What county is 07524 in?

07524 lies in Passaic County.

What area code is 07524?

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

What time zone is 07524 in?

07524 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07524?

About 13,808 people live in ZIP code 07524, in 4,428 households, at 18,216.4 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 07524?

$49,103 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07524?

The closest are 07514 (0.8 mi), 07507 (1.2 mi), 07505 (1.3 mi), 07509 (1.3 mi) and 07510 (1.3 mi).

Is 07524 a PO Box ZIP code?

07524 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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