New Jersey · Census place 3426340

Glassboro, New Jersey

Glassboro is a borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey with an estimated 24,322 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
24,322
#40 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+4.9%
+1,143 people
Land area
9.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
2,610 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Glassboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Glassboro population, 2020 to 2024

Glassboro added 1,143 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.9%. In the latest year it moved by +307. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Glassboro is 2.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 23,156. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Glassboro covers 9.32 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,610 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Glassboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Glassboro is in

All of Glassboro's residents live in Gloucester County, which had 311,783 residents in 2024. Glassboro holds 7.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Glassboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glassboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08028. 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 Glassboro is

The Census internal point of Glassboro is at 39.700100, -75.111400. Trenton, the capital, is 40.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Camden, NJ (71,749 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 21.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.700100, -75.111400
DMS
39°42'0.36"N 75°06'41.04"W
UTM
18N 490449.5E 4394478.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F6PV2Q+2C

Daylight in Glassboro

At 39.70° N, Glassboro gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Glassboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Pitman, 2.5 miles away, with 8,943 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Glassboro, NJ?

24,322 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,143 (4.9%) from 23,179 in July 2020.

What county is Glassboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Glassboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08028.

How far is Glassboro from Trenton?

40.6 miles (65.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Glassboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Glassboro?

Camden, NJ, with 71,749 residents, 16.3 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.

  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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.