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08059

ZIP 08059 is Mount Ephraim, New Jersey, in Camden County; area code 856; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Camden
Population
5,805
Coordinates
39.8848, -75.0927
☼ Live from 08059 — Mount Ephraim, NJ

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Where 08059 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08059
  • 🔢 Type 08059 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSOBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 08059 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111101111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08057 (Moorestown, NJ, 10 mi away) and 08060 (Mount Holly, NJ, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08059 becomes 95080, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00958, 00985, 05089, 08095, 09058, 09508, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09805 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,695 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,242 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08059 and you would come out at 39.88°S, 104.91°E — 821 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 1.2 square miles of land, 08059 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 595 football fields.
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People and housing

Population5,805This ZIP5,805
Households2,430This ZIP2,430
Housing units2,564This ZIP2,564
Median age38.1This ZIP38.1New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$89,375This ZIP$89,375New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$249,700This ZIP$249,700New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,333This ZIP$1,333New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.0%This ZIP26.0%
Mean commute23.1 minThis ZIP23.1 min
Population density4,723.4 / sq miThis ZIP4,723.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments114This ZIP114
Employees1,423This ZIP1,423
Annual payroll$58,047,000This ZIP$58,047,000
Tax returns filed3,000This ZIP3,000
Total adjusted gross income$214,489,000This ZIP$214,489,000

Land area

Land area1.23 sq miThis ZIP1.23 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 08059

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

ZIP codes near 08059

ZIPCityDistance
08106 Audubon, NJ 1.1 mi
08099 Bellmawr, NJ 1.2 mi
08031 Bellmawr, NJ 1.3 mi
08030 Gloucester City, NJ 1.4 mi
08035 Haddon Heights, NJ 1.5 mi
08107 Oaklyn, NJ 1.7 mi
08078 Runnemede, NJ 2.4 mi
08104 Camden, NJ 2.4 mi
08007 Barrington, NJ 2.5 mi
08108 Collingswood, NJ 2.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08059?

08059 is in Mount Ephraim, New Jersey, in Camden County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8848, -75.0927.

What county is 08059 in?

08059 lies in Camden County.

What area code is 08059?

Mount Ephraim uses area code 856, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 08059 in?

08059 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08059?

About 5,805 people live in ZIP code 08059, in 2,430 households, at 4,723.4 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 08059?

$89,375 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 08059?

The closest are 08106 (1.1 mi), 08099 (1.2 mi), 08031 (1.3 mi), 08030 (1.4 mi) and 08035 (1.5 mi).

Is 08059 a PO Box ZIP code?

08059 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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