Emerson, New Jersey

Emerson population, 2020 to 2024

Emerson added 145 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +99. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 88th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Emerson is 66% of it.

Emerson covers 2.23 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 3,324 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Emerson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Emerson is in

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

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Emerson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07630. 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 Emerson is

The Census internal point of Emerson is at 40.975000, -74.023200. Trenton, the capital, is 64.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westwood, NJ (11,434 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 8.4 miles away.

Daylight in Emerson

At 40.98° N, Emerson gets about 15 h 08 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 Emerson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Westwood, 1.1 miles away, with 11,434 people.