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07970

ZIP 07970 is Mount Freedom, New Jersey, in Morris County; area codes 862 and 973; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Morris
Population
215
Coordinates
40.8094, -74.5716
☼ Live from 07970 — Mount Freedom, NJ

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Where 07970 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 07970
  • 🔢 Type 07970 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLGLO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆07970 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 7,970 = 2 × 5 × 797. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111100100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07963 (Morristown, NJ, 5 mi away) and 07974 (New Providence, NJ, 12 mi away).
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00977, 07079, 07097, 09077, 09707, 09770, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09770 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,602 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,263 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 07970 and you would come out at 40.81°S, 105.43°E — 842 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.265 square miles of land, 07970 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 128 football fields.
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People and housing

Population215This ZIP215
Households58This ZIP58
Housing units58This ZIP58
Median age16.8This ZIP16.8New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$250,000+This ZIP$250,000+New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$1,258,300This ZIP$1,258,300New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher100.0%This ZIP100.0%
Population density811.3 / sq miThis ZIP811.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees118This ZIP118
Annual payroll$6,133,000This ZIP$6,133,000

Land area

Land area0.27 sq miThis ZIP0.27 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 07970

ZIPCityDistance
07926 Brookside, NJ 0.6 mi
07869 Randolph, NJ 2.3 mi
07945 Mendham, NJ 2.5 mi
07845 Ironia, NJ 3.0 mi
07802 Dover, NJ 4.0 mi
07806 Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 4.0 mi
07962 Morristown, NJ 4.0 mi
07999 Whippany, NJ 4.0 mi
07960 Morristown, NJ 4.2 mi
07963 Morristown, NJ 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 07970?

07970 is in Mount Freedom, New Jersey, in Morris County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8094, -74.5716.

What county is 07970 in?

07970 lies in Morris County.

What area code is 07970?

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

What time zone is 07970 in?

07970 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 07970?

About 215 people live in ZIP code 07970, in 58 households, at 811.3 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 07970?

$250,000+ a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 07970?

The closest are 07926 (0.6 mi), 07869 (2.3 mi), 07945 (2.5 mi), 07845 (3 mi) and 07802 (4 mi).

Is 07970 a PO Box ZIP code?

07970 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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