New Jersey · Census place 3422440
Fair Haven, New Jersey
Fair Haven is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey with an estimated 6,114 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 176th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,114
- #176 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- -2.2%
- -135 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- + 0.52 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,845 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Fair Haven population, 2020 to 2024
Fair Haven lost 135 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -17. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 194th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Fair Haven is 54% of it.
Fair Haven covers 1.59 square miles of land and 0.52 of water, for 3,845 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Fair Haven is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fair Haven is in
All of Fair Haven's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Fair Haven holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fair Haven
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fair Haven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07704. 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 Fair Haven is
The Census internal point of Fair Haven is at 40.361900, -74.038800. Trenton, the capital, is 39.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Red Bank, NJ (12,830 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 21.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.361900, -74.038800
- DMS
- 40°21'42.84"N 74°02'19.68"W
- UTM
- 18N 581613.6E 4468369.2N
- Geohash
- dr5me5wt4
- Plus code
- 87G79X66+QF
Daylight in Fair Haven
At 40.36° N, Fair Haven gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fair Haven
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Red Bank, 1.7 miles away, with 12,830 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fair Haven, NJ?
6,114 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 135 (2.2%) from 6,249 in July 2020.
What county is Fair Haven in?
Monmouth County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fair Haven?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07704.
How far is Fair Haven from Trenton?
39.0 miles (62.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Fair Haven.
What is the nearest larger city to Fair Haven?
Red Bank, NJ, with 12,830 residents, 1.7 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.
- 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.