Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/08022

08022

ZIP 08022 is Columbus, New Jersey, in Burlington County; area codes 609 and 640; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burlington
Population
9,172
Coordinates
40.0676, -74.7057
☼ Live from 08022 — Columbus, NJ

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 08022 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08022
  • 🔢 Type 08022 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZOBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,022 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 191. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111101010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08021 (Clementon, NJ, 24 mi away) and 08023 (Deepwater, NJ, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08022 becomes 22080, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00822, 02802, 08202, 08220, 20082, 20208, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00822 in Christiansted, VI, 1,654 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,261 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08022 and you would come out at 40.07°S, 105.29°E — 813 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 21.3 square miles of land, 08022 is bigger than 39% of ZIP codes — room for about 16 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 08022 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population9,172This ZIP9,172
Households3,421This ZIP3,421
Housing units3,595This ZIP3,595
Median age49.0This ZIP49.0New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$117,679This ZIP$117,679New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$429,800This ZIP$429,800New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher42.2%This ZIP42.2%
Mean commute35.7 minThis ZIP35.7 min
Population density431.6 / sq miThis ZIP431.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments175This ZIP175
Employees1,059This ZIP1,059
Annual payroll$47,232,000This ZIP$47,232,000
Tax returns filed4,940This ZIP4,940
Total adjusted gross income$572,871,000This ZIP$572,871,000

Land area

Land area21.25 sq miThis ZIP21.25 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Other place names in 08022

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

ZIP codes near 08022

ZIPCityDistance
08041 Jobstown, NJ 2.3 mi
08515 Chesterfield, NJ 4.2 mi
08042 Juliustown, NJ 4.4 mi
08505 Bordentown, NJ 4.7 mi
08554 Roebling, NJ 5.1 mi
08562 Wrightstown, NJ 6.0 mi
08060 Mount Holly, NJ 6.1 mi
08518 Florence, NJ 6.2 mi
08011 Birmingham, NJ 6.4 mi
08016 Burlington, NJ 6.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 08022 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08022?

08022 is in Columbus, New Jersey, in Burlington County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0676, -74.7057.

What county is 08022 in?

08022 lies in Burlington County.

What area code is 08022?

Columbus uses area codes 609 and 640, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 08022 in?

08022 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08022?

About 9,172 people live in ZIP code 08022, in 3,421 households, at 431.6 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 08022?

$117,679 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 08022?

The closest are 08041 (2.3 mi), 08515 (4.2 mi), 08042 (4.4 mi), 08505 (4.7 mi) and 08554 (5.1 mi).

Is 08022 a PO Box ZIP code?

08022 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “08022 ZIP Code — Columbus, New Jersey (Burlington County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/08022

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/08022.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.