New Jersey · Census place 3401030
Alpha, New Jersey
Alpha is a borough in Warren County, New Jersey with an estimated 2,357 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 251st largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,357
- #251 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +33 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,403 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Alpha population, 2020 to 2024
Alpha added 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
Alpha covers 1.68 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,403 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Alpha is less dense than the typical town.
What county Alpha is in
All of Alpha's residents live in Warren County, which had 112,031 residents in 2024. Alpha holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Alpha
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alpha by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08865. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Alpha is
The Census internal point of Alpha is at 40.659400, -75.157100. Trenton, the capital, is 36.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Phillipsburg, NJ (15,393 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 17.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.659400, -75.157100
- DMS
- 40°39'33.84"N 75°09'25.56"W
- UTM
- 18N 486719.9E 4500960.2N
- Geohash
- dr4x3cb60
- Plus code
- 87G6MR5V+Q5
Daylight in Alpha
At 40.66° N, Alpha gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Alpha
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Phillipsburg, 2.5 miles away, with 15,393 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Alpha, NJ?
2,357 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 33 (1.4%) from 2,324 in July 2020.
What county is Alpha in?
Warren County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Alpha?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08865.
How far is Alpha from Trenton?
36.9 miles (59.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Alpha.
What is the nearest larger city to Alpha?
Phillipsburg, NJ, with 15,393 residents, 2.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.