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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/08251

08251

ZIP 08251 is Villas, New Jersey, in Cape May County; area codes 609 and 640; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cape May
Population
10,503
Coordinates
39.0288, -74.9289
☼ Live from 08251 — Villas, NJ

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Where 08251 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08251
  • 🔢 Type 08251 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISZBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,251 = 37 × 223. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000000111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08250 (Tuckahoe, NJ, 20 mi away) and 08252 (Whitesboro, NJ, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08251 becomes 15280, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01258, 01825, 01852, 02185, 02815, 05821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85012 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,089 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,260 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08251 and you would come out at 39.03°S, 105.07°E — 778 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 7.0 square miles of land, 08251 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,503This ZIP10,503
Households4,813This ZIP4,813
Housing units6,517This ZIP6,517
Median age47.2This ZIP47.2New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$83,637This ZIP$83,637New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$290,200This ZIP$290,200New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,722This ZIP$1,722New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.2%This ZIP26.2%
Mean commute19.8 minThis ZIP19.8 min
Population density1,493.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,493.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments115This ZIP115
Employees595This ZIP595
Annual payroll$22,440,000This ZIP$22,440,000
Tax returns filed4,810This ZIP4,810
Total adjusted gross income$263,335,000This ZIP$263,335,000

Land area

Land area7.03 sq miThis ZIP7.03 sq mi
Water area1.41 sq miThis ZIP1.41 sq mi

Other place names in 08251

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

ZIP codes near 08251

ZIPCityDistance
08219 Green Creek, NJ 1.9 mi
08242 Rio Grande, NJ 2.4 mi
08252 Whitesboro, NJ 3.7 mi
08204 Cape May, NJ 4.0 mi
08260 Wildwood, NJ 5.1 mi
08212 Cape May Point, NJ 6.4 mi
08247 Stone Harbor, NJ 7.8 mi
08210 Cape May Court House, NJ 8.4 mi
08218 Goshen, NJ 8.8 mi
08202 Avalon, NJ 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08251?

08251 is in Villas, New Jersey, in Cape May County, part of the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0288, -74.9289.

What county is 08251 in?

08251 lies in Cape May County.

What area code is 08251?

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

What time zone is 08251 in?

08251 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08251?

About 10,503 people live in ZIP code 08251, in 4,813 households, at 1,493.4 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 08251?

$83,637 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 08251?

The closest are 08219 (1.9 mi), 08242 (2.4 mi), 08252 (3.7 mi), 08204 (4 mi) and 08260 (5.1 mi).

Is 08251 a PO Box ZIP code?

08251 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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