New Brighton, Minnesota

New Brighton population, 2020 to 2024

New Brighton lost 1,093 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +31. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 148th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so New Brighton is 1.6 times that size.

New Brighton covers 6.50 square miles of land and 0.59 of water, for 3,442 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so New Brighton is denser than the typical town.

What county New Brighton is in

All of New Brighton's residents live in Ramsey County, which had 542,015 residents in 2024. New Brighton holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Brighton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Brighton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55112. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where New Brighton is

The Census internal point of New Brighton is at 45.067200, -93.205800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 9.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fridley, MN (30,679 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 7.8 miles away.

Daylight in New Brighton

At 45.07° N, New Brighton gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Brighton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Arden Hills, 2.0 miles away, with 9,490 people.