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07878

ZIP 07878 is Mount Tabor, New Jersey, in Morris County; area codes 973 and 862; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Morris
Population
766
Coordinates
40.8716, -74.4782
☼ Live from 07878 — Mount Tabor, NJ

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Where 07878 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07878
  • 🔢 Type 07878 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLBLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,878 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 101. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111011000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07877 (Swartswood, NJ, 25 mi away) and 07879 (Tranquility, NJ, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 07878 becomes 87870, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (70788, 77088, 77808, 77880, 78708, 78870). The farthest-flung twin is 78870 in Knippa, TX, 1,623 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,267 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07878 and you would come out at 40.87°S, 105.52°E — 842 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.091 square miles of land, 07878 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 44 football fields.
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People and housing

Population766This ZIP766
Households297This ZIP297
Housing units297This ZIP297
Median age42.6This ZIP42.6New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$116,445This ZIP$116,445New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$477,800This ZIP$477,800New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher48.2%This ZIP48.2%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density8,417.6 / sq miThis ZIP8,417.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees88This ZIP88
Annual payroll$4,905,000This ZIP$4,905,000

Land area

Land area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 07878

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

ZIP codes near 07878

ZIPCityDistance
07834 Denville, NJ 1.1 mi
07950 Morris Plains, NJ 1.8 mi
07046 Mountain Lakes, NJ 2.3 mi
07927 Cedar Knolls, NJ 3.5 mi
07054 Parsippany, NJ 4.2 mi
07981 Whippany, NJ 4.2 mi
07801 Dover, NJ 5.0 mi
07034 Lake Hiawatha, NJ 5.2 mi
07963 Morristown, NJ 5.2 mi
07842 Hibernia, NJ 5.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07878?

07878 is in Mount Tabor, New Jersey, in Morris County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8716, -74.4782.

What county is 07878 in?

07878 lies in Morris County.

What area code is 07878?

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

What time zone is 07878 in?

07878 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07878?

About 766 people live in ZIP code 07878, in 297 households, at 8,417.6 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 07878?

$116,445 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07878?

The closest are 07834 (1.1 mi), 07950 (1.8 mi), 07046 (2.3 mi), 07927 (3.5 mi) and 07054 (4.2 mi).

Is 07878 a PO Box ZIP code?

07878 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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