New Jersey · Census place 3423940
Folsom, New Jersey
Folsom is a borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey with an estimated 1,840 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 268th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,840
- #268 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +1.9%
- +35 people
- Land area
- 8.3 sq mi
- + 0.25 sq mi water
- Density
- 223 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Folsom population, 2020 to 2024
Folsom added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +15.
Folsom covers 8.26 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 223 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Folsom is less dense than the typical town.
What county Folsom is in
All of Folsom's residents live in Atlantic County, which had 279,114 residents in 2024. Folsom holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Folsom
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Folsom by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08037, 08094. 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 Folsom is
The Census internal point of Folsom is at 39.596700, -74.843200. Trenton, the capital, is 43.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hammonton, NJ (15,036 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 32.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.596700, -74.843200
- DMS
- 39°35'48.12"N 74°50'35.52"W
- UTM
- 18N 513462.8E 4383008.2N
- Geohash
- dr4c2bkg7
- Plus code
- 87F7H5W4+MP
Daylight in Folsom
At 39.60° N, Folsom gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Folsom
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Hammonton, 6.0 miles away, with 15,036 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Folsom, NJ?
1,840 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (1.9%) from 1,805 in July 2020.
What county is Folsom in?
Atlantic County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Folsom?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 08037, 08094.
How far is Folsom from Trenton?
43.4 miles (69.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Folsom.
What is the nearest larger city to Folsom?
Hammonton, NJ, with 15,036 residents, 6.0 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.
- 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.