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Sussex County · New Jersey

ZIP code 07851

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 07851 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
298

ZCTA residents

Median income
$105,139

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$322,500

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6.625%

New Jersey state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 07851 sits in Sussex County, New Jersey and is home to 298 people. Median household income is $105,139, the median home is worth $322,500 and median gross rent is —. 97.6% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6.625% (New Jersey state rate).

County
Sussex County

FIPS 34037

State
New Jersey (NJ)

598 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 07851

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
298ZIP 07851 residents
Median household income
$105,139Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$322,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
37.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
97.6%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 07851 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 07851 is a very small community in Sussex County, New Jersey, with 298 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #558 of 598 ranked by population — larger than 6% of them. The median age here is 37.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 07851 earn a median of $105,139 a year, 33.9% above the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 07851 is valued at $322,500, 6.3% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 97.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 298 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 07851 against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld gross rent for ZIP 07851 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 07851 in context

How 07851 sits inside Sussex County and New Jersey.

ZIP 07851 is tabulated inside Sussex County, New Jersey, one of 19 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 598 across New Jersey. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 07851 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 07851 reports a median household income of $105,139, 4% below the $109,926 county median, and 4% below the $109,182 typical NJ ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $322,500, 4% below the county figure and 24% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

New Jersey charges 6.625% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 07851.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 07851 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 07851

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6.625%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$7Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$66Before any exemptions

New Jersey levies 6.625% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
3.1×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,673/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
0%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 07851 compares

ZIP 07851 against the median ZIP in Sussex County and across New Jersey.

MeasureZIP 07851County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$105,139$109,926$109,182-4%
Median home value$322,500$336,300$423,950-24%
Median gross rent—$1,614$1,718—
Population2985,57510,128-97%

Medians are computed across the 19 ZIP areas in Sussex County and the 598 ZIP areas in New Jersey.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 598 New Jersey ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 45% of 563 state ZIPs

#311
Home value

above 26% of 562 state ZIPs

#418
Population

larger than 7% of 598 state ZIPs

#558

Comparable ZIP codes

New Jersey ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
07439Sussex County$104,946$311,900$1,390
08619Mercer County$104,922$320,800$1,712
08002Camden County$105,523$301,200$1,895
08825Hunterdon County$104,750$471,800$1,639
08542Mercer County$104,694$754,800$2,398
07024Bergen County$105,594$422,200$2,257

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Sussex County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Sussex County, New Jersey.

ZIP 07851 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 07851?
ZIP 07851 lies mostly in Sussex County, New Jersey. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 07851?
New Jersey charges 6.625% statewide.
Is 07851 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth $322,500 — -24% against the typical New Jersey ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07851, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.