New Jersey · Census place 3417530

Demarest, New Jersey

Demarest is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 4,941 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 197th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,941
#197 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-19 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
2,387 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Demarest. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Demarest population, 2020 to 2024

Demarest lost 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +52.

4,96020204,89520214,87420224,88920234,9412024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,980. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Demarest covers 2.07 square miles of land, for 2,387 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Demarest is less dense than the typical town.

What county Demarest is in

All of Demarest's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Demarest holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Demarest

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Demarest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07627. 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 Demarest is

The Census internal point of Demarest is at 40.954100, -73.954900. Trenton, the capital, is 65.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cresskill, NJ (9,311 people), 1.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 4.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.954100, -73.954900
DMS
40°57'14.76"N 73°57'17.64"W
UTM
18N 587956.2E 4534187.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G8X23W+J2

Daylight in Demarest

At 40.95° N, Demarest gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Demarest

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Cresskill, 1.0 miles away, with 9,311 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Demarest, NJ?

4,941 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 19 (0.4%) from 4,960 in July 2020.

What county is Demarest in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Demarest?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07627.

How far is Demarest from Trenton?

65.8 miles (105.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Demarest.

What is the nearest larger city to Demarest?

Cresskill, NJ, with 9,311 residents, 1.0 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.