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08097

ZIP 08097 is Woodbury Heights, New Jersey, in Gloucester County; area codes 856 and 609; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gloucester
Population
3,062
Coordinates
39.8133, -75.1506
☼ Live from 08097 — Woodbury Heights, NJ

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Where 08097 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08097
  • 🔢 Type 08097 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGOBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,097 = 3 × 2699. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111110100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08096 (Deptford, NJ, 2 mi away) and 08098 (Woodstown, NJ, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08097 becomes 79080 — and that is a real ZIP code: Skellytown, TX, 1,446 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00978, 00987, 07890, 07980, 08079, 09078, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09078 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,847 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,240 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08097 and you would come out at 39.81°S, 104.85°E — 820 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 1.3 square miles of land, 08097 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 637 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,062This ZIP3,062
Households1,077This ZIP1,077
Housing units1,107This ZIP1,107
Median age45.8This ZIP45.8New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$119,042This ZIP$119,042New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$280,100This ZIP$280,100New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,325This ZIP$1,325New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.0%This ZIP32.0%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density2,326.7 / sq miThis ZIP2,326.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments101This ZIP101
Employees1,825This ZIP1,825
Annual payroll$83,802,000This ZIP$83,802,000
Tax returns filed1,700This ZIP1,700
Total adjusted gross income$141,853,000This ZIP$141,853,000

Land area

Land area1.32 sq miThis ZIP1.32 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 08097

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

ZIP codes near 08097

ZIPCityDistance
08090 Wenonah, NJ 1.1 mi
08096 Deptford, NJ 1.6 mi
08051 Mantua, NJ 2.4 mi
08061 Mount Royal, NJ 3.1 mi
08086 Thorofare, NJ 3.2 mi
08093 Westville, NJ 3.5 mi
08020 Clarksboro, NJ 4.0 mi
08080 Sewell, NJ 4.2 mi
08063 National Park, NJ 4.2 mi
08066 Paulsboro, NJ 4.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08097?

08097 is in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey, in Gloucester County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8133, -75.1506.

What county is 08097 in?

08097 lies in Gloucester County.

What area code is 08097?

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

What time zone is 08097 in?

08097 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08097?

About 3,062 people live in ZIP code 08097, in 1,077 households, at 2,326.7 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 08097?

$119,042 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 08097?

The closest are 08090 (1.1 mi), 08096 (1.6 mi), 08051 (2.4 mi), 08061 (3.1 mi) and 08086 (3.2 mi).

Is 08097 a PO Box ZIP code?

08097 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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