New Jersey · Census place 3425350
Frenchtown, New Jersey
Frenchtown is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey with an estimated 1,495 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 282nd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,495
- #282 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +9.3%
- +127 people
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- + 0.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,323 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Frenchtown population, 2020 to 2024
Frenchtown added 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.3%. In the latest year it moved by +18.
Frenchtown covers 1.13 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,323 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Frenchtown is less dense than the typical town.
What county Frenchtown is in
All of Frenchtown's residents live in Hunterdon County, which had 131,708 residents in 2024. Frenchtown 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 Frenchtown
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Frenchtown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08825. 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 Frenchtown is
The Census internal point of Frenchtown is at 40.530500, -75.052800. Trenton, the capital, is 26.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Flemington, NJ (4,905 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 22.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.530500, -75.052800
- DMS
- 40°31'49.80"N 75°03'10.08"W
- UTM
- 18N 495528.1E 4486641.6N
- Geohash
- dr4ws4k5r
- Plus code
- 87G6GWJW+6V
Daylight in Frenchtown
At 40.53° N, Frenchtown gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Frenchtown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Milford, 3.5 miles away, with 1,226 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Frenchtown, NJ?
1,495 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 127 (9.3%) from 1,368 in July 2020.
What county is Frenchtown in?
Hunterdon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Frenchtown?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08825.
How far is Frenchtown from Trenton?
26.5 miles (42.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Frenchtown.
What is the nearest larger city to Frenchtown?
Flemington, NJ, with 4,905 residents, 10.3 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.