New Jersey · Census place 3421840

Essex Fells, New Jersey

Essex Fells is a borough in Essex County, New Jersey with an estimated 2,220 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 256th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,220
#256 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+1 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,574 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Essex Fells. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Essex Fells population, 2020 to 2024

Essex Fells added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +39.

2,21920202,18620212,17220222,18120232,2202024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,248. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Essex Fells covers 1.41 square miles of land, for 1,574 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Essex Fells is less dense than the typical town.

What county Essex Fells is in

All of Essex Fells's residents live in Essex County, which had 881,527 residents in 2024. Essex Fells holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Essex Fells

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Essex Fells by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07021. 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 Essex Fells is

The Census internal point of Essex Fells is at 40.828100, -74.276200. Trenton, the capital, is 48.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Caldwell, NJ (9,326 people), 0.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 8.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.828100, -74.276200
DMS
40°49'41.16"N 74°16'34.32"W
UTM
18N 561030.8E 4519926.9N
Geohash
dr70mb98z
Plus code
87G7RPHF+6G

Daylight in Essex Fells

At 40.83° N, Essex Fells gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Essex Fells

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Caldwell, 0.8 miles away, with 9,326 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Essex Fells, NJ?

2,220 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.0%) from 2,219 in July 2020.

What county is Essex Fells in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Essex Fells?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07021.

How far is Essex Fells from Trenton?

48.9 miles (78.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Essex Fells.

What is the nearest larger city to Essex Fells?

Caldwell, NJ, with 9,326 residents, 0.7 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)

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