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07828

ZIP 07828 is Budd Lake, New Jersey, in Morris County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Morris
Population
15,461
Coordinates
40.8850, -74.7557
☼ Live from 07828 — Budd Lake, NJ

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Where 07828 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07828
  • 🔢 Type 07828 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZBLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,828 = 2 × 2 × 19 × 103. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07827 (Montague, NJ, 27 mi away) and 07829 (Buttzville, NJ, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07828 becomes 82870, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02878, 02887, 07882, 08827, 08872, 20788, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87820 in Aragon, NM, 1,905 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,253 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07828 and you would come out at 40.88°S, 105.24°E — 853 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 14.2 square miles of land, 07828 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,461This ZIP15,461
Households6,005This ZIP6,005
Housing units6,071This ZIP6,071
Median age37.4This ZIP37.4New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$103,320This ZIP$103,320New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$457,700This ZIP$457,700New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,587This ZIP$1,587New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.9%This ZIP43.9%
Mean commute30.4 minThis ZIP30.4 min
Population density1,091.3 / sq miThis ZIP1,091.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments275This ZIP275
Employees4,146This ZIP4,146
Annual payroll$294,414,000This ZIP$294,414,000
Tax returns filed7,200This ZIP7,200
Total adjusted gross income$648,662,000This ZIP$648,662,000

Land area

Land area14.17 sq miThis ZIP14.17 sq mi
Water area1.48 sq miThis ZIP1.48 sq mi

Other place names in 07828

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

ZIP codes near 07828

ZIPCityDistance
07857 Netcong, NJ 3.4 mi
07836 Flanders, NJ 3.7 mi
07820 Allamuchy, NJ 3.8 mi
07874 Stanhope, NJ 3.9 mi
07840 Hackettstown, NJ 4.3 mi
07852 Ledgewood, NJ 4.6 mi
07879 Tranquility, NJ 5.2 mi
07850 Landing, NJ 5.3 mi
07876 Succasunna, NJ 5.6 mi
07821 Andover, NJ 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07828?

07828 is in Budd Lake, New Jersey, in Morris County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8850, -74.7557.

What county is 07828 in?

07828 lies in Morris County.

What time zone is 07828 in?

07828 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07828?

About 15,461 people live in ZIP code 07828, in 6,005 households, at 1,091.3 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 07828?

$103,320 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07828?

The closest are 07857 (3.4 mi), 07836 (3.7 mi), 07820 (3.8 mi), 07874 (3.9 mi) and 07840 (4.3 mi).

Is 07828 a PO Box ZIP code?

07828 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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