New Jersey · Census place 3430840
Helmetta, New Jersey
Helmetta is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey with an estimated 2,504 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 250th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,504
- #250 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +2.2%
- +53 people
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,017 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Helmetta population, 2020 to 2024
Helmetta added 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +34.
Helmetta covers 0.83 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 3,017 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Helmetta is less dense than the typical town.
What county Helmetta is in
All of Helmetta's residents live in Middlesex County, which had 890,119 residents in 2024. Helmetta holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Helmetta
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Helmetta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08828. 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 Helmetta is
The Census internal point of Helmetta is at 40.378400, -74.423400. Trenton, the capital, is 20.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spotswood, NJ (8,306 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 23.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.378400, -74.423400
- DMS
- 40°22'42.24"N 74°25'24.24"W
- UTM
- 18N 548945.8E 4469916.8N
- Geohash
- dr5jdqwt1
- Plus code
- 87G79HHG+9J
Daylight in Helmetta
At 40.38° N, Helmetta gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Helmetta
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Spotswood, 1.9 miles away, with 8,306 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Helmetta, NJ?
2,504 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 53 (2.2%) from 2,451 in July 2020.
What county is Helmetta in?
Middlesex County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Helmetta?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08828.
How far is Helmetta from Trenton?
20.6 miles (33.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Helmetta.
What is the nearest larger city to Helmetta?
Spotswood, NJ, with 8,306 residents, 1.9 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.