| City: | Perth Amboy, New Jersey |
| County: | Middlesex County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:53:49 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 732 / 848 / 908 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 40.5067, -74.2655 |
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ZIP 08862 serves as Perth Amboy's PO Box facility location in Middlesex County, New Jersey. This isn't a residential area but rather a postal service point within the larger Perth Amboy community. The ZIP maintains 478 PO Boxes and provides delivery to 120 business addresses.
Despite its classification as a PO Box ZIP, the facility also handles street delivery to one location: Jefferson Street, which has 116 delivery points organized as units. This suggests a multi-unit commercial or residential building receiving carrier delivery alongside the post office's box services.
Perth Amboy has multiple ZIP codes serving different parts of the city. ZIP 08862 functions as the dedicated PO Box facility while other Perth Amboy ZIPs handle residential street delivery. With 10 business establishments employing 90 people, this location supports both postal operations and local commerce.
Only one street with multi-unit addressing pattern suggests a single commercial or residential building.
ZIP Code 08862 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 10 business establishments, employing about 78 people with an annual payroll of $4,288,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,778Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 10Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,033,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $4,288,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 78Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 08862 is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey, within the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 35620) and New Jersey's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 19,756,722 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 08862, 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: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 215.55 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3458200Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Perth Amboy city; New JerseySource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 08862 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.