New Jersey · Census place 3421300

Elmwood Park, New Jersey

Elmwood Park is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 21,680 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 47th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
21,680
#47 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+317 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
8,212 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Elmwood Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Elmwood Park population, 2020 to 2024

Elmwood Park added 317 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +229. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 124th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Elmwood Park is 1.9 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,424. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elmwood Park covers 2.64 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 8,212 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Elmwood Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Elmwood Park is in

All of Elmwood Park's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Elmwood Park 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 Elmwood Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elmwood Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07407. 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 Elmwood Park is

The Census internal point of Elmwood Park is at 40.904500, -74.119500. Trenton, the capital, is 57.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Garfield, NJ (33,530 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 2.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.904500, -74.119500
DMS
40°54'16.20"N 74°07'10.20"W
UTM
18N 574158.6E 4528528.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Elmwood Park

At 40.90° N, Elmwood Park 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 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elmwood Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Garfield, 1.8 miles away, with 33,530 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elmwood Park, NJ?

21,680 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 317 (1.5%) from 21,363 in July 2020.

What county is Elmwood Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elmwood Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07407.

How far is Elmwood Park from Trenton?

57.8 miles (93.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Elmwood Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Elmwood Park?

Garfield, NJ, with 33,530 residents, 1.8 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.