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Rockaway, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rockaway, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 22,098. 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 ROCKAWAY-NJ · Rockaway, NJ 1 ZIPs · 22,098 pop · #1511/25278 · Morris County

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

  • INC-TOP $131,403
  • RANK-TOP #1511/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boonton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-TOWN 22,098
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $457,400

Nearest income peer: Boonton, NJ (+ $1,226 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 Rockaway

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rockaway 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, Rockaway, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 6%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
22,098
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$131,403
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 $131,403 and home value $457,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 48.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rockaway as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Mahwah is the closest lower-income city and Haddon Heights the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rockaway.

Population concentration

Rockaway's single ZIP 07866 carries the town

Rockaway is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 07866 is the entire residential footprint (22,098 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Rockaway's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 810 establishments, 11,205 employees , annual payroll $561,654k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07866 (810 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (158) · also Other services (except public administration) · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Rockaway, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Morris County, which covers 50 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rockaway. See the Morris County roll-up →

Rockaway sits in the lower half of Morris County on income: Morristown, Randolph and Morris Plains report more, Parsippany, Dover and Budd Lake report less. Chatham marks the far end of that range at $220,982, 68% above Rockaway.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07866 22,098 $131,403 810 385
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Rockaway 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 Rockaway, .