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08001

ZIP 08001 is Alloway, New Jersey, in Salem County; area codes 856 and 609; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Salem
Population
854
Coordinates
39.5479, -75.3464
☼ Live from 08001 — Alloway, NJ

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Where 08001 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08001
  • 🔢 Type 08001 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOOBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,001 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 127. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111101000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 07999 (Whippany, NJ, 100 mi away) and 08002 (Cherry Hill, NJ, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08001 becomes 10080 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 107 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00801, 01008, 01080, 08010, 10008, 10080, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00801 in St Thomas, VI, 1,591 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,232 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08001 and you would come out at 39.55°S, 104.65°E — 818 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
  • 📏 At 3.3 square miles of land, 08001 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population854This ZIP854
Households326This ZIP326
Housing units358This ZIP358
Median age50.5This ZIP50.5New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$134,583This ZIP$134,583New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$318,100This ZIP$318,100New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher20.5%This ZIP20.5%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density257.0 / sq miThis ZIP257.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees273This ZIP273
Annual payroll$9,625,000This ZIP$9,625,000

Land area

Land area3.32 sq miThis ZIP3.32 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Other place names in 08001

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

ZIP codes near 08001

ZIPCityDistance
08072 Quinton, NJ 3.5 mi
08079 Salem, NJ 4.6 mi
08098 Woodstown, NJ 6.4 mi
08353 Shiloh, NJ 6.6 mi
08313 Deerfield Street, NJ 6.6 mi
08302 Bridgeton, NJ 8.8 mi
08318 Elmer, NJ 9.0 mi
08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 9.4 mi
08039 Harrisonville, NJ 10.2 mi
08070 Pennsville, NJ 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08001?

08001 is in Alloway, New Jersey, in Salem County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.5479, -75.3464.

What county is 08001 in?

08001 lies in Salem County.

What area code is 08001?

Alloway uses area codes 856 and 609, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 08001 in?

08001 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08001?

About 854 people live in ZIP code 08001, in 326 households, at 257.0 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 08001?

$134,583 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 08001?

The closest are 08072 (3.5 mi), 08079 (4.6 mi), 08098 (6.4 mi), 08353 (6.6 mi) and 08313 (6.6 mi).

Is 08001 a PO Box ZIP code?

08001 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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