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08528

ZIP 08528 is Kingston, New Jersey, mostly in Somerset County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Somerset +1 more
Population
321
Coordinates
40.3871, -74.6189
☼ Live from 08528 — Kingston, NJ

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Where 08528 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08528
  • 🔢 Type 08528 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZSBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,528 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 41. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000101010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08527 (Jackson, NJ, 24 mi away) and 08530 (Lambertville, NJ, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08528 becomes 82580, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02858, 02885, 05828, 08825, 08852, 20588, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85082 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,107 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,263 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08528 and you would come out at 40.39°S, 105.38°E — 824 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
  • 📏 At 0.945 square miles of land, 08528 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 457 football fields.
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People and housing

Population321This ZIP321
Households207This ZIP207
Housing units207This ZIP207
Median age68.1This ZIP68.1New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median home value$233,500This ZIP$233,500New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher78.0%This ZIP78.0%
Mean commute46.9 minThis ZIP46.9 min
Population density339.7 / sq miThis ZIP339.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments54This ZIP54
Employees666This ZIP666
Annual payroll$51,925,000This ZIP$51,925,000
Tax returns filed230This ZIP230
Total adjusted gross income$26,957,000This ZIP$26,957,000

Land area

Land area0.95 sq miThis ZIP0.95 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 08528 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Somerset County 94.7%
Middlesex County 5.3%

Other place names in 08528

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

ZIP codes near 08528

ZIPCityDistance
08553 Rocky Hill, NJ 1.4 mi
08540 Princeton, NJ 2.5 mi
08542 Princeton, NJ 3.1 mi
08541 Princeton, NJ 3.4 mi
08544 Princeton, NJ 3.5 mi
08852 Monmouth Junction, NJ 3.9 mi
08536 Plainsboro, NJ 4.1 mi
08824 Kendall Park, NJ 4.2 mi
08823 Franklin Park, NJ 4.5 mi
08502 Belle Mead, NJ 4.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08528?

08528 is in Kingston, New Jersey, in Somerset County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.3871, -74.6189.

What county is 08528 in?

08528 spans 2 counties: Somerset County and Middlesex County. Most of it falls in Somerset County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What time zone is 08528 in?

08528 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08528?

About 321 people live in ZIP code 08528, in 207 households, at 339.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 08528?

The closest are 08553 (1.4 mi), 08540 (2.5 mi), 08542 (3.1 mi), 08541 (3.4 mi) and 08544 (3.5 mi).

Is 08528 a PO Box ZIP code?

08528 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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