New Jersey · Census place 3409280
Califon, New Jersey
Califon is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey with an estimated 1,018 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 293rd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,018
- #293 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +13 people
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,060 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Califon population, 2020 to 2024
Califon added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Califon covers 0.96 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,060 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Califon is less dense than the typical town.
What county Califon is in
All of Califon's residents live in Hunterdon County, which had 131,708 residents in 2024. Califon holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Califon
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Califon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07830. 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 Califon is
The Census internal point of Califon is at 40.719500, -74.836900. Trenton, the capital, is 34.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is High Bridge, NJ (3,607 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 33.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.719500, -74.836900
- DMS
- 40°43'10.20"N 74°50'12.84"W
- UTM
- 18N 513774.9E 4507632.5N
- Geohash
- dr4z9hc2m
- Plus code
- 87G7P597+Q6
Daylight in Califon
At 40.72° N, Califon gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Califon
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is High Bridge, 4.4 miles away, with 3,607 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Califon, NJ?
1,018 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (1.3%) from 1,005 in July 2020.
What county is Califon in?
Hunterdon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Califon?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07830.
How far is Califon from Trenton?
34.7 miles (55.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Califon.
What is the nearest larger city to Califon?
High Bridge, NJ, with 3,607 residents, 4.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.