Bridgeton, New Jersey

Bridgeton population, 2020 to 2024

Bridgeton added 555 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +792. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 83rd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Bridgeton is 2.5 times that size.

Bridgeton covers 6.23 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 4,450 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Bridgeton is close to the typical town.

What county Bridgeton is in

All of Bridgeton's residents live in Cumberland County, which had 155,678 residents in 2024. Bridgeton holds 17.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bridgeton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bridgeton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08302. 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 Bridgeton is

The Census internal point of Bridgeton is at 39.429200, -75.228600. Trenton, the capital, is 60.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Millville, NJ (27,838 people), 9.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 40.4 miles away.

Daylight in Bridgeton

At 39.43° N, Bridgeton gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bridgeton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Millville, 9.7 miles away, with 27,838 people.