| City: | Tranquility, New Jersey |
| County: | Sussex County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:35:06 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 862 / 973 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 40.9564, -74.8086 |
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The delivery pattern combines one rural carrier route with PO Box service, typical for areas where homes are widely dispersed. With just one street showing up in postal records and 40 businesses using the ZIP, Tranquility functions more as a postal address for a rural crossroads than a traditional town center. The post office serves both local residents and businesses that prefer the reliability of PO Box delivery in areas where rural routes can be inconvenient.
With only Kennedy Road appearing in postal records, this reflects a rural area where most addresses either use PO Boxes or receive delivery through neighboring ZIP codes. The single street entry suggests a small geographic footprint for direct delivery.
ZIP Code 07879 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 9 business establishments, employing about 43 people with an annual payroll of $2,543,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 83Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 9Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $649,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $2,543,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 43Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 07879 is located in Sussex County, New Jersey, within the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 35620) and New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 19,756,722 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 07879, and is subdivided into the Newark, NJ division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 35620Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Newark, NJ (CBSA Div 35084)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 19,756,722Source: Census |
| MSA: | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 07Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 970.19 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Newark, NJ PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 07879 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.