Código postal 08873 — Somerset, NJ

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El código postal 08873 cubre Somerset, New Jersey, con una población de unos 55,862 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $117,866.

Población: 55,8621,738 per square mile
Edad media: 40.31.6 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $117,8661.2× the New Jersey median
Tasa de pobreza: 6.4%6 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $581,824up 34.7% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,9421.2× the New Jersey median
Título universitario o superior: 54.5%19.5 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 67.3%2.3 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,470

Dónde está 08873

Somerset, 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	55,862
Edad media	40.3
Hogares familiares	65.2%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	32.9%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	39.3%
Blanca (no hispana)	28.6%
Negra (no hispana)	28%
Asiática (no hispana)	20.3%
Hispana o latina	19.3%
Veteranos	3.6%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$117,866
Ingreso por persona	$58,541
Tasa de pobreza	6.4%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	5%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	2.7%
$10–15k	1.1%
$15–20k	1.7%
$20–25k	1.9%
$25–30k	1.1%
$30–35k	1.8%
$35–40k	2.3%
$40–45k	2.7%
$45–50k	1.5%
$50–60k	3.9%
$60–75k	6.7%
$75–100k	14.1%
$100–125k	12.2%
$125–150k	10.3%
$150–200k	13.5%
$200k or more	22.4%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	29,710
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$96,914
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	10.7%
Returns, under $25k	21.3%
Returns, $25k–$50k	20.2%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.2%
Returns, $75k–$100k	11.2%
Returns, $100k–$200k	21.3%
Returns, $200k or more	10.7%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$438,600
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,942
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	28.5%
Ocupada por su propietario	67.3%
Viviendas vacías	2.3%
Año medio de construcción	1985

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	47.4%
Casa adosada	20.2%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	8.7%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	11.2%
20 o más viviendas	12.5%
Casa móvil	0.1%

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	$581,824as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 2.2%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 34.7%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 77.2%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$2,722as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 1.2%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$199,958 in 2000 to $581,824 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$2,420 in 2022 to $2,722 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	4.3%
Licenciatura o superior	54.5%
Bachillerato o superior	93.1%
Trabaja desde casa	18.6%
Conduce solo al trabajo	64.6%
Usa el transporte público	5%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	26%

Salud

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

Obesidad	27.9% 5.5 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	11% 1 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	8.2% 5 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	32.5% 1.6 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	14.1% 6.2 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	10% 1.3 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	13.2% 8.7 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	22.4% 3 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	21.6% 3.5 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	12.1% 3.9 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	78.2% 3.5 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	7.2% 0.5 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	8.4% 2 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	5% 1.2 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	79.9% 3.2 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	90.5% 4.6 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	9.7% 5.1 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	66.7% 2.4 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	4.1% 2.5 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	68.6% 7.3 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	21.4% 9.3 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	24.9% same as the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	12.9% 4.2 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	7% 7.3 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	4.9% 1.8 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	38.8% 2.6 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	11.1% 2.7 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	5.5% 2.9 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	6.7% 2.5 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	32.9% 1.5 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	77.7% 1.8 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	13% 3.8 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	10% 4 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	10.6% 2.9 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	2.8% 1.2 pts below the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	6.5% 2.3 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	39.3% 2.9 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	2.9% 0.5 pts below the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	7.4% 5.6 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	4.1% 1.5 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,470
Personas empleadas	34,439
Nómina anual	$2,939,491,000

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 59.8% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively High en los 11 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	69.5 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	89.3 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.

Tormenta de hielo	87.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	86.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	83.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	76.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	75.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	74.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	71.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	66Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	61.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	56.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	52.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	51.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	38.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	26.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	24.6Very 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	$117,866	$101,050	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$58,541	$53,118	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	6.4%	9.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$438,600	$427,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,942	$1,653	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	67.3%	63.7%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	54.5%	42.9%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	4.3%	6.2%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	18.6%	15%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	32.9%	23.5%	13.9%
Edad media	40.3	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 US7.4 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	93% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	59% of this ZIP code's area

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%.

Franklin Township School District	100% 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	42más vulnerable que el 42% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	28más vulnerable que el 28% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	50más vulnerable que el 50% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	73más vulnerable que el 73% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	48más vulnerable que el 48% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	7.8 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

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

08875 Somerset, NJ	a 1.1 km
08906 New Brunswick, NJ	a 4.5 km
08933 New Brunswick, NJ	a 4.5 km
08901 New Brunswick, NJ	a 4.7 km
08903 New Brunswick, NJ	a 5 km
08902 North Brunswick, NJ	a 5.5 km
08880 South Bound Brook, NJ	a 6.3 km
08904 Highland Park, NJ	a 6.3 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.

Somerset County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	32.13 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.45 sq mi
Densidad de población	1,738 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	40.5007, -74.5013

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.