| City: | Princeton, New Jersey |
| County: | Mercer County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:47:40 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 609 / 640 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 40.3486, -74.6597 |
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Carnegie Center functions as the single delivery point for all 190 ZIP+4 records in this zone, handling mail for 273 businesses. There's no home delivery through 08543. Residents and most businesses in Princeton receive mail through neighboring ZIP codes that offer carrier routes. This arrangement keeps commercial PO box mail separate from street delivery operations, which is typical for communities where a concentrated business district generates significant post office box demand.
Carnegie Center is the sole address, representing a concentrated business park that serves as a regional employment center with its own dedicated postal facility.
ZIP Code 08543 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 32 business establishments, employing about 6,328 people with an annual payroll of $1,499,771,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 573Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 32Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $531,199,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,499,771,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 6,328Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 08543 is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, within the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 45940) and New Jersey's 12nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 383,286 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 08543. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Trenton-Princeton, NJSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 45940Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 383,286Source: 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: | Trenton, NJ PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3460900Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Princeton; New JerseySource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 08543 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.