PlainZIP

Wharton, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wharton, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,078. 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 WHARTON-NJ · Wharton, NJ 1 ZIPs · 10,078 pop · #4332/25278 · Morris County

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

  • INC-HIGH $100,716
  • RANK-TOP #4332/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Budd Lake
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 64% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,078
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $380,900

Nearest income peer: Budd Lake, NJ (+ $2,604 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 Wharton

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

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,078
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$100,716
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 $100,716 and home value $380,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 37.7%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (64.4%) for this income tier, rent $1,798 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within New Jersey, Hamburg is the closest lower-income city and Ridgefield Park the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wharton.

Population concentration

Wharton's single ZIP 07885 carries the town

Wharton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 07885 is the entire residential footprint (10,078 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Wharton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 240 establishments, 3,505 employees , annual payroll $206,470k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07885 (240 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (40) · also Retail trade · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Wharton, NJ

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

Wharton sits in the lower half of Morris County on income: Morristown, Parsippany and Randolph report more, and only Dover reports less. Chatham marks the far end of that range at $220,982, 119% above Wharton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07885 10,078 $100,716 240 258
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Wharton 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 Wharton, .