| City: | Somerset, New Jersey |
| City Alias: | E Millstone, East Millstone |
| County: | Somerset County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:54:03 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 732 / 908 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 40.5014, -74.5814 |
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Somerset's 08875 ZIP code serves a concentrated postal district in Somerset County, New Jersey. The post office maintains 582 PO Boxes alongside limited street delivery to just two streets: Demott Lane and Franklin Boulevard. This unusual arrangement reflects the facility's role as a PO Box hub for the surrounding area.
The ZIP's classification as "P" (PO Box only) doesn't tell the full story. While the 582 boxes serve local residents and 386 businesses, actual street carrier service reaches 109 delivery points. Demott Lane accounts for 103 of these records, with Franklin Boulevard handling the remaining 6. Both streets include unit-based addressing, suggesting apartment or condominium complexes rather than single-family homes.
Somerset shares its postal footprint with two smaller communities that use this ZIP code for mailing addresses: East Millstone and E Millstone. All three names appear on USPS records as acceptable mailing addresses, though Somerset is the preferred last line. The post office offers city delivery carrier route service despite the minimal street coverage, indicating dense development within a small geographic area.
The two streets served by this ZIP code both feature unit-based addressing, suggesting the limited street delivery serves high-density residential or mixed-use developments. Demott Lane dominates with 103 of 109 records, while Franklin Boulevard handles just six delivery points.
ZIP Code 08875 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 11 business establishments, employing about 890 people with an annual payroll of $75,838,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 9,073Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 11Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $22,219,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $75,838,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 890Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 08875 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 08875, 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: | 3468370Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Somerset CDP; New JerseySource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 08875 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.