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07860

ZIP 07860 is Newton, New Jersey, mostly in Sussex County; area codes 973 and 862; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sussex +1 more
Population
26,047
Coordinates
41.0573, -74.8027
☼ Live from 07860 — Newton, NJ

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Where 07860 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07860
  • 🔢 Type 07860 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgBLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,860 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 131. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07857 (Netcong, NJ, 12 mi away) and 07863 (Oxford, NJ, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07860 becomes 06870 — and that is a real ZIP code: Old Greenwich, CT, 64 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00678, 00687, 00786, 06078, 06087, 06708, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87006 in Bosque, NM, 1,797 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,249 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07860 and you would come out at 41.06°S, 105.20°E — 863 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 100.2 square miles of land, 07860 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 76 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,047This ZIP26,047
Households10,324This ZIP10,324
Housing units11,390This ZIP11,390
Median age47.0This ZIP47.0New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$110,045This ZIP$110,045New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$367,100This ZIP$367,100New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,514This ZIP$1,514New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.8%This ZIP38.8%
Mean commute31.6 minThis ZIP31.6 min
Population density260.0 / sq miThis ZIP260.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments630This ZIP630
Employees8,167This ZIP8,167
Annual payroll$439,868,000This ZIP$439,868,000
Tax returns filed12,610This ZIP12,610
Total adjusted gross income$1,186,375,000This ZIP$1,186,375,000

Land area

Land area100.18 sq miThis ZIP100.18 sq mi
Water area3.68 sq miThis ZIP3.68 sq mi

Counties 07860 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Sussex County 93.9%
Warren County 6.1%

Other place names in 07860

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

ZIP codes near 07860

ZIPCityDistance
07855 Middleville, NJ 3.1 mi
07875 Stillwater, NJ 3.7 mi
07877 Swartswood, NJ 4.0 mi
07839 Greendell, NJ 5.8 mi
07890 Branchville, NJ 6.7 mi
07821 Andover, NJ 6.8 mi
07848 Lafayette, NJ 7.0 mi
07879 Tranquility, NJ 7.0 mi
07846 Johnsonburg, NJ 7.3 mi
07826 Branchville, NJ 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07860?

07860 is in Newton, New Jersey, in Sussex County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0573, -74.8027.

What county is 07860 in?

07860 spans 2 counties: Sussex County and Warren County. Most of it falls in Sussex County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 07860?

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

What time zone is 07860 in?

07860 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07860?

About 26,047 people live in ZIP code 07860, in 10,324 households, at 260.0 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 07860?

$110,045 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07860?

The closest are 07855 (3.1 mi), 07875 (3.7 mi), 07877 (4 mi), 07839 (5.8 mi) and 07890 (6.7 mi).

Is 07860 a PO Box ZIP code?

07860 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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