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08880

ZIP 08880 is South Bound Brook, New Jersey, in Somerset County; area codes 732 and 848; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Somerset
Population
4,867
Coordinates
40.5539, -74.5275
☼ Live from 08880 — South Bound Brook, NJ

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Where 08880 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 08880
  • 🔢 Type 08880 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBBBO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆08880 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 8,880 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 37. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001010110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 08879 (South Amboy, NJ, 14 mi away) and 08882 (South River, NJ, 11 mi away).
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08088, 08808, 80808, 88008). The farthest-flung twin is 88008 in Santa Teresa, NM, 1,884 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% 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 08880 and you would come out at 40.55°S, 105.47°E — 828 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 0.646 square miles of land, 08880 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 313 football fields.
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People and housing

Population4,867This ZIP4,867
Households1,780This ZIP1,780
Housing units1,850This ZIP1,850
Median age36.0This ZIP36.0New Jersey40.1US 38.9
Median household income$112,961This ZIP$112,961New Jersey$103,556US $80,734
Median home value$359,000This ZIP$359,000New Jersey$454,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,778This ZIP$1,778New Jersey$1,720US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.9%This ZIP23.9%
Mean commute25.5 minThis ZIP25.5 min
Population density7,534.1 / sq miThis ZIP7,534.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments59This ZIP59
Employees327This ZIP327
Annual payroll$18,323,000This ZIP$18,323,000
Tax returns filed2,530This ZIP2,530
Total adjusted gross income$174,067,000This ZIP$174,067,000

Land area

Land area0.65 sq miThis ZIP0.65 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 08880

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

ZIP codes near 08880

ZIPCityDistance
08805 Bound Brook, NJ 1.3 mi
08846 Middlesex, NJ 2.1 mi
08890 Zarephath, NJ 2.7 mi
08835 Manville, NJ 3.3 mi
08836 Martinsville, NJ 3.3 mi
08854 Piscataway, NJ 3.5 mi
08873 Somerset, NJ 3.8 mi
08812 Dunellen, NJ 4.0 mi
08875 Somerset, NJ 4.4 mi
08903 New Brunswick, NJ 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 08880?

08880 is in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, in Somerset County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5539, -74.5275.

What county is 08880 in?

08880 lies in Somerset County.

What area code is 08880?

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

What time zone is 08880 in?

08880 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 08880?

About 4,867 people live in ZIP code 08880, in 1,780 households, at 7,534.1 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 08880?

$112,961 a year, against $103,556 across New Jersey.

What ZIP codes are near 08880?

The closest are 08805 (1.3 mi), 08846 (2.1 mi), 08890 (2.7 mi), 08835 (3.3 mi) and 08836 (3.3 mi).

Is 08880 a PO Box ZIP code?

08880 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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