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07661

ZIP 07661 is River Edge, New Jersey, in Bergen County; area codes 201 and 551; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bergen
Population
12,091
Coordinates
40.9274, -74.0396
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Where 07661 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07661
  • 🔢 Type 07661 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IggLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,661 = 47 × 163. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07660 (Ridgefield Park, NJ, 5 mi away) and 07662 (Rochelle Park, NJ, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07661 becomes 16670 — and that is a real ZIP code: Queen, PA, 239 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06167, 06176, 06716, 16670, 17066, 17606, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76061 in Lillian, TX, 1,403 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,290 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07661 and you would come out at 40.93°S, 105.96°E — 828 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 1.8 square miles of land, 07661 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,091This ZIP12,091
Households4,503This ZIP4,503
Housing units4,590This ZIP4,590
Median age43.6This ZIP43.6New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$159,028This ZIP$159,028New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$660,300This ZIP$660,300New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,879This ZIP$1,879New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher66.8%This ZIP66.8%
Mean commute35.3 minThis ZIP35.3 min
Population density6,621.6 / sq miThis ZIP6,621.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments257This ZIP257
Employees2,257This ZIP2,257
Annual payroll$151,599,000This ZIP$151,599,000
Tax returns filed5,690This ZIP5,690
Total adjusted gross income$812,177,000This ZIP$812,177,000

Land area

Land area1.83 sq miThis ZIP1.83 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 07661

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

ZIP codes near 07661

ZIPCityDistance
07646 New Milford, NJ 1.2 mi
07649 Oradell, NJ 2.1 mi
07607 Maywood, NJ 2.1 mi
07652 Paramus, NJ 2.1 mi
07621 Bergenfield, NJ 2.2 mi
07662 Rochelle Park, NJ 2.5 mi
07601 Hackensack, NJ 2.6 mi
07653 Paramus, NJ 2.7 mi
07628 Dumont, NJ 2.8 mi
07602 Hackensack, NJ 2.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07661?

07661 is in River Edge, New Jersey, in Bergen County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9274, -74.0396.

What county is 07661 in?

07661 lies in Bergen County.

What area code is 07661?

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

What time zone is 07661 in?

07661 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07661?

About 12,091 people live in ZIP code 07661, in 4,503 households, at 6,621.6 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 07661?

$159,028 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07661?

The closest are 07646 (1.2 mi), 07649 (2.1 mi), 07607 (2.1 mi), 07652 (2.1 mi) and 07621 (2.2 mi).

Is 07661 a PO Box ZIP code?

07661 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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