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08562

ZIP 08562 is Wrightstown, New Jersey, in Burlington County; area codes 609 and 640; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burlington
Population
4,201
Coordinates
40.0620, -74.5919
☼ Live from 08562 — Wrightstown, NJ

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Where 08562 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08562
  • 🔢 Type 08562 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgSBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,562 = 2 × 3 × 1427. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000101110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08561 (Windsor, NJ, 13 mi away) and 08601 (Trenton, NJ, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08562 becomes 26580, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02568, 02865, 05682, 05826, 05862, 06258, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85062 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,108 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,267 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08562 and you would come out at 40.06°S, 105.41°E — 808 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 16.7 square miles of land, 08562 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,201This ZIP4,201
Households1,579This ZIP1,579
Housing units1,776This ZIP1,776
Median age41.0This ZIP41.0New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$103,493This ZIP$103,493New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$301,800This ZIP$301,800New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,214This ZIP$1,214New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.5%This ZIP29.5%
Mean commute27.2 minThis ZIP27.2 min
Population density251.3 / sq miThis ZIP251.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments123This ZIP123
Employees1,104This ZIP1,104
Annual payroll$58,688,000This ZIP$58,688,000
Tax returns filed2,560This ZIP2,560
Total adjusted gross income$184,813,000This ZIP$184,813,000

Land area

Land area16.72 sq miThis ZIP16.72 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 08562

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

ZIP codes near 08562

ZIPCityDistance
08641 Joint Base Mdl, NJ 2.4 mi
08511 Cookstown, NJ 2.7 mi
08640 Joint Base Mdl, NJ 3.4 mi
08042 Juliustown, NJ 5.0 mi
08041 Jobstown, NJ 5.1 mi
08515 Chesterfield, NJ 5.5 mi
08022 Columbus, NJ 6.0 mi
08533 New Egypt, NJ 6.5 mi
08514 Cream Ridge, NJ 7.3 mi
08501 Allentown, NJ 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08562?

08562 is in Wrightstown, New Jersey, in Burlington County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0620, -74.5919.

What county is 08562 in?

08562 lies in Burlington County.

What area code is 08562?

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

What time zone is 08562 in?

08562 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08562?

About 4,201 people live in ZIP code 08562, in 1,579 households, at 251.3 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 08562?

$103,493 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 08562?

The closest are 08641 (2.4 mi), 08511 (2.7 mi), 08640 (3.4 mi), 08042 (5 mi) and 08041 (5.1 mi).

Is 08562 a PO Box ZIP code?

08562 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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