ZIP codes in Mercer County
43 ZIPs touch Mercer County, New Jersey. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
43
ZIP codes
10
cross the county line
430,730
people in these ZIPs
21
counties in NJ
Most people
Mercer County ZIP list
More counties in New Jersey
- Cape May County21
- Cumberland County25
- Essex County45
- Gloucester County32
- Hudson County23
- Hunterdon County33
- Middlesex County53
- Monmouth County60
- Morris County64
- Ocean County33
- Passaic County43
- Salem County15
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Mercer County, New Jersey?
43 ZIP codes reach into Mercer County, including 17 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 10 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Mercer County has the most people?
08540 (Princeton) has about 50,388 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Mercer County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Mercer County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Mercer County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from