Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

Franklin Lakes population, 2020 to 2024

Franklin Lakes added 200 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +129. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 97th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Franklin Lakes is 1.0 times that size.

Franklin Lakes covers 9.41 square miles of land and 0.47 of water, for 1,196 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Franklin Lakes is less dense than the typical town.

What county Franklin Lakes is in

All of Franklin Lakes's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Franklin Lakes holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Franklin Lakes

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Franklin Lakes by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07417. 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 Franklin Lakes is

The Census internal point of Franklin Lakes is at 41.007500, -74.205700. Trenton, the capital, is 61.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oakland, NJ (12,926 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 6.8 miles away.

Daylight in Franklin Lakes

At 41.01° N, Franklin Lakes gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 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 Franklin Lakes

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Oakland, 2.4 miles away, with 12,926 people.