| City: | Pluckemin, New Jersey |
| County: | Somerset County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:36:32 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 908 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 40.6457, -74.6396 |
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This is a designated PO Box ZIP, meaning all addresses here use PO Box numbers rather than street addresses. The single street route serves approximately 80 businesses clustered along the highway corridor, while residential mail goes to boxes at the post office. The surrounding area receives street delivery through neighboring ZIP codes, particularly 07921.
The single street in this ZIP is US Highway 206, a major north-south route through central New Jersey. The limited street coverage reflects the ZIP's function as a PO Box service point rather than a street delivery zone.
ZIP Code 07978 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 21 business establishments, employing about 90 people with an annual payroll of $8,842,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 146Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 21Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,511,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $8,842,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 90Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 07978 is located in Somerset County, New Jersey, within the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 35620) and New Jersey's 12nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 19,756,722 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 07978, and is subdivided into the Lakewood-New Brunswick, 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: | Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ (CBSA Div 29484)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: | 12Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 412.23 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3459730Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Pluckemin CDP; New JerseySource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 07978 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 January 1, 2026.