PlainZIP

Carteret, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carteret, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 22,844. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CARTERET-NJ · Carteret, NJ 1 ZIPs · 22,844 pop · #4950/25278 · Middlesex County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $97,021
  • RANK-TOP #4950/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Parlin
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 55% owners
  • POP-TOWN 22,844
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $406,000

Nearest income peer: Parlin, NJ (+ $2,861 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Carteret

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Carteret on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Carteret, NJ sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
22,844
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$97,021
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $97,021 and home value $406,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 30.1%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (54.7%) for this income tier, rent $2,032 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within New Jersey, Bradley Beach is the closest lower-income city and Florence the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carteret.

Population concentration

Carteret reads through its lone ZIP, 07008

22,844 ACS residents, one ZIP: 07008 is not the leading code inside Carteret, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Carteret's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 414 establishments, 11,257 employees , annual payroll $637,587k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07008 (414 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (127) · also Retail trade · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Carteret, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 35 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Carteret. See the Middlesex County roll-up →

Carteret sits in the lower half of Middlesex County on income: Edison, Piscataway and East Brunswick report more, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy and South Amboy report less. East Brunswick marks the far end of that range at $143,586, 48% above Carteret.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07008 22,844 $97,021 414 1,994
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Carteret roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Carteret, .