| City: | Whitehouse, New Jersey |
| County: | Hunterdon County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:28:13 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 908 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 40.6184, -74.7444 |
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Whitehouse (ZIP 08888) is a commercial postal service point in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. This isn't a residential community. The ZIP serves 39 business establishments employing 482 people, concentrated along US Highway 22. No population is recorded within the ZIP's 0.02 square mile territory, but the post office maintains 66 PO Boxes and delivers to 64 business addresses.
This is classified as a PO Box Only Zone, meaning businesses and any nearby residents have no alternative mail delivery options. The post office handles both business deliveries along the highway corridor (via 2 city carrier routes and 2 rural routes) and maintains PO Box service for the surrounding area. Most delivery addresses on US Highway 22 include unit designators, indicating multi-tenant commercial properties or office complexes.
The mix of urban and rural carrier routes suggests Whitehouse serves as a postal access point for a small commercial district plus some surrounding properties. With employment of 482 people but zero resident population, this ZIP functions as a daytime business hub rather than a residential community.
Mail to businesses along US Highway 22 can use street addresses with unit numbers. PO Box service is available for those who prefer it or for addresses outside the delivery area.
US Highway 22 dominates with multi-tenant commercial properties; minimal residential streets.
ZIP Code 08888 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 34 business establishments, employing about 332 people with an annual payroll of $31,470,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 548Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 34Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $7,794,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $31,470,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 332Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 08888 is located in Hunterdon 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 18,897,109 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 08888, 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: | 18,897,109Source: 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: | Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, 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 08888 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.