State profile · NJ
New Jersey ZIP Codes
Demographics, income, and housing across every ZIP code in New Jersey, benchmarked against all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.
- 595
- ZIP codes
- 8,791,894
- Population
- $121,992
- Avg ZIP income
- 21
- Counties
The verdict
New Jersey holds the 24th-most ZIP codes in the country, with an average ZIP household income 69% above the national ZIP median — 1st of 52 states & territories.
- #24
- of 52 by ZIP count
- #1
- of 52 by avg income
- 8,791,894
- people across all ZIPs
- 21
- counties covered
Ranks compare this state against all reporting states using ZIP-level Census ACS 5-Year aggregates.
New Jersey (NJ) contains 595 ZIP codes spread across 21 counties and 537 distinct cities. Together those ZIP areas cover a total population of 8,791,894 based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates. ZIP-level granularity matters here: New Jersey stretches across very different economic zones, and a single state-wide average hides the 10x spread you will see between its highest-income and lowest-income ZIP codes in the table below.
The economic baseline across New Jersey ZIPs shows an average median household income of $121,992 and an average home value of $516,384, with a state-wide average median age of 43.1. These averages are computed over every ZIP in NJ with reported data, not weighted by population, so small rural ZIPs count the same as metropolitan ones. Use them as a reference line, then drill into the ZIP tables to see where affluent suburbs, rural counties, and urban cores deviate from the state mean.
The largest urban concentrations in New Jersey by population are Newark, Jersey City, Trenton, Paterson, Toms River, and each city aggregates multiple ZIP codes worth of Census data on its own city page. Every record in this view comes from publicly available federal datasets, primarily the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey and USPS ZIP Code Tabulation Area files, with no proprietary scoring, estimation, or editorial adjustment. Click any county to drill down to its ZIP-level detail, or jump directly to a ZIP code to see household income, housing cost, demographic breakdown, nearby ZIPs, and FHFA home-price history for that specific five-digit area.
Largest cities in New Jersey
Top 10 cities by population in New Jersey
Total resident population aggregated from every ZIP code the Census assigns to each city.
- Newark
Newark, NJ
277,237 residents
- Jersey City
Jersey City, NJ
247,530 residents
- Trenton
Trenton, NJ
226,568 residents
- Paterson
Paterson, NJ
146,199 residents
- Toms River
Toms River, NJ
122,197 residents
- Edison 100,058
Edison, NJ
100,058 residents
- Elizabeth 98,331
Elizabeth, NJ
98,331 residents
- Lakewood 92,843
Lakewood, NJ
92,843 residents
- Clifton 83,648
Clifton, NJ
83,648 residents
- Camden 75,683
Camden, NJ
75,683 residents
What this shows Population concentrates heavily in the state's largest metros, while most of its 537 cities are far smaller, a pattern the ZIP-level tables below make concrete.
Counties in New Jersey
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ZIP Codes in New Jersey
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Official Data Resources
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023); USPS ZIP Code Tabulation Areas via the HUD USPS Crosswalk.
Read our methodology to see how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.