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07642

ZIP 07642 is Hillsdale, New Jersey, in Bergen County; area codes 201 and 551; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bergen
Population
10,144
Coordinates
41.0071, -74.0451
☼ Live from 07642 — Hillsdale, NJ

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Where 07642 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07642
  • 🔢 Type 07642 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhgLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,642 = 2 × 3821. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07641 (Haworth, NJ, 4 mi away) and 07643 (Little Ferry, NJ, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07642 becomes 24670, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02467, 02476, 02647, 02746, 02764, 04267, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76402 in Stephenville, TX, 1,465 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% 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 07642 and you would come out at 41.01°S, 105.95°E — 832 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, 07642 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,144This ZIP10,144
Households3,478This ZIP3,478
Housing units3,602This ZIP3,602
Median age42.7This ZIP42.7New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$186,688This ZIP$186,688New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$677,500This ZIP$677,500New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,764This ZIP$1,764New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher63.3%This ZIP63.3%
Mean commute28.4 minThis ZIP28.4 min
Population density3,495.5 / sq miThis ZIP3,495.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments234This ZIP234
Employees1,669This ZIP1,669
Annual payroll$67,246,000This ZIP$67,246,000
Tax returns filed5,140This ZIP5,140
Total adjusted gross income$787,419,000This ZIP$787,419,000

Land area

Land area2.90 sq miThis ZIP2.90 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 07642

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

ZIP codes near 07642

ZIPCityDistance
07677 Woodcliff Lake, NJ 1.5 mi
07676 Township Of Washington, NJ 1.7 mi
07656 Park Ridge, NJ 2.0 mi
07675 Westwood, NJ 2.3 mi
07630 Emerson, NJ 2.5 mi
07423 Ho Ho Kus, NJ 2.7 mi
07645 Montvale, NJ 3.3 mi
07649 Oradell, NJ 3.5 mi
07640 Harrington Park, NJ 3.5 mi
07458 Saddle River, NJ 3.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07642?

07642 is in Hillsdale, New Jersey, in Bergen County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0071, -74.0451.

What county is 07642 in?

07642 lies in Bergen County.

What area code is 07642?

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

What time zone is 07642 in?

07642 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07642?

About 10,144 people live in ZIP code 07642, in 3,478 households, at 3,495.5 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 07642?

$186,688 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07642?

The closest are 07677 (1.5 mi), 07676 (1.7 mi), 07656 (2 mi), 07675 (2.3 mi) and 07630 (2.5 mi).

Is 07642 a PO Box ZIP code?

07642 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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