Avalon, New Jersey

Avalon population, 2020 to 2024

Avalon lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

Avalon covers 4.27 square miles of land and 0.79 of water, for 285 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Avalon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Avalon is in

All of Avalon's residents live in Cape May County, which had 93,875 residents in 2024. Avalon holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Avalon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Avalon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08202. 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 Avalon is

The Census internal point of Avalon is at 39.086500, -74.739000. Trenton, the capital, is 78.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sea Isle City, NJ (2,122 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 67.1 miles away.

Daylight in Avalon

At 39.09° N, Avalon gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Avalon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Sea Isle City, 4.9 miles away, with 2,122 people.