908 Area Code: Elizabeth, New Jersey

Central western New Jersey is served by the 908 area code, with Elizabeth as the primary city in the directory's records. Elizabeth sits along Newark Bay in Union County, on a stretch of the bay shore that anchors the New Jersey side of the Port of New York and New Jersey's container terminals — Elizabeth-Port Newark together form one of the larger container-port complexes in the country. The local working economy reflects the port, a substantial industrial base, healthcare, and a long-running role as the regional commercial center for Union County. The 908 footprint extends through Plainfield, Somerville, Hillsborough, Phillipsburg, and the surrounding cities and townships of central western New Jersey.

Records linked to 908 numbers in the directory often include Cherry Hill, Edison, Jersey City, and Newark — New Jersey cities outside the 908 footprint. The pattern reflects standard public-record dynamics, with phone numbers porting across New Jersey and addresses linked across multiple cities. The directory currently documents 543 distinct prefixes within 908 in detail, a working subset of the prefix population the code carries.

Elizabeth's home values come in well above the US median, in line with broader northern New Jersey pricing pressure. Median household income runs below the national reading within the city's own limits, while the broader 908 footprint reflects much higher incomes once the wealthier surrounding suburbs are taken into account. The city's median age sits close to the US reading, and population places Elizabeth among the larger cities in New Jersey — substantial enough to anchor a regional economy organized around the port, the surrounding industrial base, and the broader Union County corridor.