New Jersey · Census place 3403940

Beach Haven, New Jersey

Beach Haven is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey with an estimated 1,069 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 292nd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,069; #292 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020: +2.8%; +29 people
Land area: 1.0 sq mi; + 1.35 sq mi water
Density: 1,091 / sq mi; State median 4,474

Orange pin: Beach Haven. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

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Beach Haven population, 2020 to 2024

Beach Haven added 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,036. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Beach Haven covers 0.98 square miles of land and 1.35 of water, for 1,091 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Beach Haven is less dense than the typical town.

What county Beach Haven is in

All of Beach Haven's residents live in Ocean County, which had 666,434 residents in 2024. Beach Haven holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Beach Haven

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Beach Haven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08008. 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 Beach Haven is

The Census internal point of Beach Haven is at 39.576000, -74.251800. Trenton, the capital, is 52.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tuckerton, NJ (3,701 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 55.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.576000, -74.251800
DMS: 39°34'33.60"N 74°15'6.48"W
UTM: 18N 564259.7E 4380966.4N
Geohash: dr51nke6z
Plus code: 87F7HPGX+C7

Daylight in Beach Haven

At 39.58° N, Beach Haven gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Beach Haven

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Tuckerton, 4.5 miles away, with 3,701 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Beach Haven, NJ?

1,069 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 29 (2.8%) from 1,040 in July 2020.

What county is Beach Haven in?

Ocean County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Beach Haven?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08008.

How far is Beach Haven from Trenton?

52.0 miles (83.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Beach Haven.

What is the nearest larger city to Beach Haven?

Tuckerton, NJ, with 3,701 residents, 4.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.