First three digits · New Jersey
ZIP Codes Starting with
35 ZIP codes start with 079, sorted at the Dv Daniels, NJ (SCF 070) sectional center (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) in New Jersey: 29 residential ZIP codes across 4 counties and 6 PO Box or single-organization codes (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026).
What do the digits 079 mean?
The first digit, 0, is one of ten national areas (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, U.S. Virgin Islands and Armed Forces Europe). The first three, 079, route mail to a sectional center: USPS labeling list L005 (effective October 1, 2026) sends letters for 079 to the Dv Daniels, NJ (SCF 070) facility. The last two digits pick the delivery area. By residents, the largest town names among the 079 ZIP codes are Morristown, Basking Ridge, Summit, Morris Plains, Chatham and Madison.
The same facility sorts 7 prefixes, 239 ZIP codes in all: 070, 071, 072, 073, 079, 088, 089.
Where are the 079 ZIP codes?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).
All ZIP codes starting with 079
| County | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07901 | Summit | Union County | 24,314 | 3,839 | $180k | $988k |
| 07902 | Summit | Union County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 07920 | Basking Ridge | Somerset County | 28,753 | 1,058 | $193k | $800k |
| 07921 | Bedminster | Somerset County | 7,700 | 419 | $123k | $433k |
| 07922 | Berkeley Heights | Union County | 12,195 | 2,185 | $203k | $785k |
| 07924 | Bernardsville | Somerset County | 7,713 | 644 | $236k | $785k |
| 07926 | Brookside | Morris County | 161 | 455 | $250k+ | – |
| 07927 | Cedar Knolls | Morris County | 4,882 | 2,278 | $170k | $647k |
| 07928 | Chatham | Morris County | 19,974 | 2,158 | $221k | $1.02M |
| 07930 | Chester | Morris County | 8,648 | 340 | $241k | $771k |
| 07931 | Far Hills | Somerset County | 2,985 | 136 | $201k | $1.17M |
| 07932 | Florham Park | Morris County | 11,977 | 1,777 | $157k | $791k |
| 07933 | Gillette | Morris County | 2,995 | 565 | – | $638k |
| 07934 | Gladstone | Somerset County | 1,293 | 416 | $245k | $846k |
| 07935 | Green Village | Morris County | 584 | 224 | $107k | $676k |
| 07936 | East Hanover | Morris County | 11,152 | 1,416 | $150k | $703k |
| 07938 | Liberty Corner | Somerset County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 07939 | Lyons | Somerset County | 322 | 2,385 | – | – |
| 07940 | Madison | Morris County | 17,610 | 3,584 | $173k | $941k |
| 07945 | Mendham | Morris County | 9,690 | 497 | $250k+ | $931k |
| 07946 | Millington | Morris County | 2,982 | 732 | $209k | $802k |
| 07950 | Morris Plains | Morris County | 21,651 | 2,376 | $154k | $590k |
| 07960 | Morristown | Morris County | 46,702 | 1,349 | $160k | $736k |
| 07961 | Convent Station | Morris County | 333 | 1,959 | – | – |
| 07962 | Morristown | Morris County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 07963 | Morristown | Morris County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 07970 | Mount Freedom | Morris County | 215 | 811 | $250k+ | $1.26M |
| 07974 | New Providence | Union County | 13,349 | 3,363 | $173k | $758k |
| 07976 | New Vernon | Morris County | 389 | 112 | $248k | $1.75M |
| 07977 | Peapack | Somerset County | 917 | 465 | $151k | $871k |
| 07978 | Pluckemin | Somerset County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
| 07979 | Pottersville | Hunterdon County | 214 | 242 | – | – |
| 07980 | Stirling | Morris County | 2,675 | 1,131 | $163k | $689k |
| 07981 | Whippany | Morris County | 9,030 | 1,498 | $150k | $614k |
| 07999 | Whippany | Morris County | PO Box or unique | – | – | – |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0) for codes without a residential area.