Gloucester City, New Jersey

Gloucester City population, 2020 to 2024

Gloucester City added 148 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +62. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 137th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Gloucester City is 1.0 times that size.

Gloucester City covers 2.32 square miles of land and 0.45 of water, for 5,008 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Gloucester City is denser than the typical town.

What county Gloucester City is in

All of Gloucester City's residents live in Camden County, which had 533,988 residents in 2024. Gloucester City holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gloucester City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gloucester City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08030. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Gloucester City is

The Census internal point of Gloucester City is at 39.891700, -75.116700. Trenton, the capital, is 29.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellmawr, NJ (11,846 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 8.2 miles away.

Daylight in Gloucester City

At 39.89° N, Gloucester City gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gloucester City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Brooklawn, 0.9 miles away, with 1,831 people.