New Jersey · Census place 3404750

Bellmawr, New Jersey

Bellmawr is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey with an estimated 11,846 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 90th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,846
#90 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+150 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
3,975 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Bellmawr. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Bellmawr population, 2020 to 2024

Bellmawr added 150 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +63. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 143rd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Bellmawr is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,713. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bellmawr covers 2.98 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 3,975 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Bellmawr is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bellmawr is in

All of Bellmawr's residents live in Camden County, which had 533,988 residents in 2024. Bellmawr holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bellmawr

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bellmawr by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08031. 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 Bellmawr is

The Census internal point of Bellmawr is at 39.866400, -75.094700. Trenton, the capital, is 30.4 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Collingswood, NJ (14,344 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 10.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.866400, -75.094700
DMS
39°51'59.04"N 75°05'40.92"W
UTM
18N 491900.7E 4412933.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F6VW84+H4

Daylight in Bellmawr

At 39.87° N, Bellmawr gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bellmawr

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Ephraim, 0.9 miles away, with 4,700 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bellmawr, NJ?

11,846 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 150 (1.3%) from 11,696 in July 2020.

What county is Bellmawr in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bellmawr?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08031.

How far is Bellmawr from Trenton?

30.4 miles (48.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Bellmawr.

What is the nearest larger city to Bellmawr?

Collingswood, NJ, with 14,344 residents, 3.5 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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