Código postal 08861 — Perth Amboy, NJ

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El código postal 08861 cubre Perth Amboy, New Jersey, con una población de unos 58,264 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $60,464.

Población: 58,26411,426 per square mile
Edad media: 37.31.4 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $60,46440% below the New Jersey median
Tasa de pobreza: 19.2%6.8 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $504,489up 33% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,623about the New Jersey median
Título universitario o superior: 15.5%19.5 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 35%30 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,035

Dónde está 08861

Perth Amboy, New Jersey — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	58,264
Edad media	37.3
Hogares familiares	71.7%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	47%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	79.6%
Blanca (no hispana)	12.4%
Negra (no hispana)	5.4%
Asiática (no hispana)	1.9%
Hispana o latina	79%
Veteranos	2.4%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$60,464
Ingreso por persona	$28,163
Tasa de pobreza	19.2%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	22.1%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	5.9%
$10–15k	6.8%
$15–20k	4.2%
$20–25k	5.4%
$25–30k	4.6%
$30–35k	2.2%
$35–40k	4.2%
$40–45k	4.7%
$45–50k	2.8%
$50–60k	8.9%
$60–75k	9.7%
$75–100k	11.8%
$100–125k	8.2%
$125–150k	5.7%
$150–200k	8.0%
$200k or more	6.8%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	30,050
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$43,700
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	0.9%
Returns, under $25k	37.1%
Returns, $25k–$50k	33.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	6.9%
Returns, $100k–$200k	5.9%
Returns, $200k or more	0.9%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$340,900
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,623
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	37.5%
Ocupada por su propietario	35%
Viviendas vacías	3.2%
Año medio de construcción	1957

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	32%
Casa adosada	7.8%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	32.7%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	13.8%
20 o más viviendas	13.2%
Casa móvil	0.6%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$504,489as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 2.2%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 33%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 115.5%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$2,361as of 2026-07

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$126,502 in 2000 to $504,489 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	12.3%
Licenciatura o superior	15.5%
Bachillerato o superior	69.9%
Trabaja desde casa	4.5%
Conduce solo al trabajo	59.8%
Usa el transporte público	3.7%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	15.9%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	40.7% 7.3 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	15.5% 3.5 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	14.1% 0.9 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	34.3% same as the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	30.3% 10 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	29.9% 18.6 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	13.7% 8.2 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	39.3% 13.9 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	20.1% 5 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	15.1% 0.9 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	73.1% 1.6 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	4.4% 3.3 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9% 1.4 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	5.9% same as the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	75% 1.7 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	84.3% 1.6 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	17.4% 2.6 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	52.6% 11.7 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	5.3% 1.3 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	51.1% 10.2 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	34.8% 4.1 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	28.5% 3.7 pts above the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	32.2% 15.1 pts above the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	19.2% 4.9 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	6.1% 0.6 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	37.8% 1.6 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	26.2% 12.4 pts above the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	9.6% 1.2 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	14.6% 5.4 pts above the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	37.5% 3.1 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	70.6% 5.3 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	17.2% same as the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	16.6% 2.6 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	16.2% 2.7 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	5.7% 1.7 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	13.6% 4.8 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	42.6% 6.2 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.4% same as the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	16.2% 3.2 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	9.4% 3.8 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,035
Personas empleadas	13,192
Nómina anual	$624,120,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 25.2% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively Low en los 13 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	12.1 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	35.7 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Temporal invernal	89.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	83Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	80.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	72.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	68.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	64.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	61.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	61Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	60.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	49.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	30.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	23Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	19.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	17.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con New Jersey y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	New Jersey	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$60,464	$101,050	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$28,163	$53,118	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	19.2%	9.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$340,900	$427,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,623	$1,653	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	35%	63.7%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	15.5%	42.9%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	12.3%	6.2%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	4.5%	15%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	47%	23.5%	13.9%
Edad media	37.3	40.1	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	NEW BRUNSWICK 3 SE, NJ US13.4 km away
Lluvia al año	50 in
Nieve al año	29 in

Average high and low by month

enero	40.3°F / 22.9°F3.74 in rain, 8.3 in snow
febrero	42.8°F / 24°F2.97 in rain, 9.3 in snow
marzo	50.6°F / 31°F4.4 in rain, 5.2 in snow
abril	62.5°F / 40.8°F3.89 in rain, 0.6 in snow
mayo	72.1°F / 50.6°F4.03 in rain
junio	81.2°F / 60.4°F4.83 in rain
julio	86.5°F / 65.6°F4.83 in rain
agosto	84.7°F / 64°F4.66 in rain
septiembre	78.4°F / 56.5°F4.18 in rain
octubre	66.5°F / 44.2°F4.11 in rain, 0.2 in snow
noviembre	55.5°F / 35.2°F3.4 in rain, 0.5 in snow
diciembre	45.4°F / 28.4°F4.49 in rain, 4.9 in snow

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Perth Amboy City School District	91.4% de la superficie de este código postal
Woodbridge Township School District	8.6% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	85más vulnerable que el 85% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	88más vulnerable que el 88% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	73más vulnerable que el 73% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	89más vulnerable que el 89% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	66más vulnerable que el 66% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	13.9 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

08832 Keasbey, NJ	a 2.3 km
10307 Staten Island, NY	a 2.8 km
08863 Fords, NJ	a 3.9 km
07077 Sewaren, NJ	a 4.3 km
07095 Woodbridge, NJ	a 4.3 km
08837 Edison, NJ	a 5.5 km
10309 Staten Island, NY	a 5.7 km
08879 South Amboy, NJ	a 6 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Middlesex County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	5.1 sq mi
Superficie de agua	1.3 sq mi
Densidad de población	11,426 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	40.5176, -74.2754

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.