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08805

ZIP 08805 is Bound Brook, New Jersey, in Somerset County; area codes 732 and 848; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Somerset
Population
14,066
Coordinates
40.5706, -74.5376
☼ Live from 08805 — Bound Brook, NJ

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Where 08805 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08805
  • 🔢 Type 08805 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOBBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,805 = 3 × 5 × 587. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001001100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08804 (Bloomsbury, NJ, 30 mi away) and 08807 (Bridgewater, NJ, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08805 becomes 50880, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05088, 08085, 08850, 58008, 80805, 85008, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85080 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,112 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,266 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08805 and you would come out at 40.57°S, 105.46°E — 830 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 2.9 square miles of land, 08805 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,066This ZIP14,066
Households5,285This ZIP5,285
Housing units5,387This ZIP5,387
Median age38.6This ZIP38.6New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$93,341This ZIP$93,341New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$417,800This ZIP$417,800New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,984This ZIP$1,984New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.8%This ZIP31.8%
Mean commute24.1 minThis ZIP24.1 min
Population density4,784.4 / sq miThis ZIP4,784.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments340This ZIP340
Employees5,339This ZIP5,339
Annual payroll$259,706,000This ZIP$259,706,000
Tax returns filed7,080This ZIP7,080
Total adjusted gross income$472,155,000This ZIP$472,155,000

Land area

Land area2.94 sq miThis ZIP2.94 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Other place names in 08805

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ZIP codes near 08805

ZIPCityDistance
08880 South Bound Brook, NJ 1.3 mi
08836 Martinsville, NJ 2.1 mi
08846 Middlesex, NJ 2.1 mi
08890 Zarephath, NJ 3.0 mi
08835 Manville, NJ 3.3 mi
08812 Dunellen, NJ 3.6 mi
08854 Piscataway, NJ 4.5 mi
08807 Bridgewater, NJ 4.5 mi
07059 Warren, NJ 4.5 mi
08873 Somerset, NJ 4.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08805?

08805 is in Bound Brook, New Jersey, in Somerset County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5706, -74.5376.

What county is 08805 in?

08805 lies in Somerset County.

What area code is 08805?

Bound Brook uses area codes 732 and 848, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 08805 in?

08805 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08805?

About 14,066 people live in ZIP code 08805, in 5,285 households, at 4,784.4 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 08805?

$93,341 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 08805?

The closest are 08880 (1.3 mi), 08836 (2.1 mi), 08846 (2.1 mi), 08890 (3 mi) and 08835 (3.3 mi).

Is 08805 a PO Box ZIP code?

08805 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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