New Jersey · Census place 3407810

Brigantine, New Jersey

Brigantine is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey with an estimated 7,697 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 149th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,697
#149 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-10 people
Land area
6.5 sq mi
+ 4.34 sq mi water
Density
1,181 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Brigantine. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Brigantine population, 2020 to 2024

Brigantine lost 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +46. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 178th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Brigantine is 69% of it.

7,70720207,68120217,67220227,65120237,6972024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,721. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brigantine covers 6.52 square miles of land and 4.34 of water, for 1,181 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Brigantine is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brigantine is in

All of Brigantine's residents live in Atlantic County, which had 279,114 residents in 2024. Brigantine holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brigantine

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brigantine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08203. 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 Brigantine is

The Census internal point of Brigantine is at 39.413900, -74.377900. Trenton, the capital, is 59.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atlantic City, NJ (38,959 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 57.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.413900, -74.377900
DMS
39°24'50.04"N 74°22'40.44"W
UTM
18N 553553.7E 4362893.7N
Geohash
dr505rpdt
Plus code
87F7CJ7C+HR

Daylight in Brigantine

At 39.41° N, Brigantine 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 Brigantine

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Atlantic City, 4.7 miles away, with 38,959 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brigantine, NJ?

7,697 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 10 (0.1%) from 7,707 in July 2020.

What county is Brigantine in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brigantine?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08203.

How far is Brigantine from Trenton?

59.3 miles (95.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Brigantine.

What is the nearest larger city to Brigantine?

Atlantic City, NJ, with 38,959 residents, 4.7 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.