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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/08862

08862

ZIP 08862 is in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in Middlesex County; area codes 732, 848 and 908; Eastern time. Perth Amboy has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 08861.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Coordinates
40.4300, -74.4173

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 08816, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 08862 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08862
  • 🔢 Type 08862 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgBBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,862 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 211. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08861 (Perth Amboy, NJ, 10 mi away) and 08863 (Fords, NJ, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 08862 becomes 26880, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02886, 06828, 08628, 08826, 20688, 20868, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86028 in Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ, 1,956 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,273 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 08862 and you would come out at 40.43°S, 105.58°E — 818 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees78This ZIP78
Annual payroll$4,288,000This ZIP$4,288,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 08862

ZIPCityDistance
08818 Edison, NJ 0.0 mi
08855 Piscataway, NJ 0.0 mi
08871 Sayreville, NJ 0.0 mi
08989 New Brunswick, NJ 0.0 mi
08816 East Brunswick, NJ 0.1 mi
08850 Milltown, NJ 1.8 mi
08882 South River, NJ 2.3 mi
08884 Spotswood, NJ 2.8 mi
08828 Helmetta, NJ 3.6 mi
08872 Sayreville, NJ 3.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08862?

08862 is in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in Middlesex County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.4300, -74.4173.

What county is 08862 in?

08862 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 08862?

Perth Amboy uses area codes 732, 848 and 908, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 08862 in?

08862 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 08862?

The closest are 08818 (0 mi), 08855 (0 mi), 08871 (0 mi), 08989 (0 mi) and 08816 (0.1 mi).

Is 08862 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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