New Jersey · Census place 3431320

High Bridge, New Jersey

High Bridge is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey with an estimated 3,607 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 225th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,607
#225 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+74 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,509 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: High Bridge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

High Bridge population, 2020 to 2024

High Bridge added 74 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

3,53320203,59820213,59120223,60420233,6072024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,544. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

High Bridge covers 2.39 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,509 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so High Bridge is less dense than the typical town.

What county High Bridge is in

All of High Bridge's residents live in Hunterdon County, which had 131,708 residents in 2024. High Bridge holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in High Bridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps High Bridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08829. 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 High Bridge is

The Census internal point of High Bridge is at 40.670100, -74.890200. Trenton, the capital, is 31.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, NJ (7,375 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 31.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.670100, -74.890200
DMS
40°40'12.36"N 74°53'24.72"W
UTM
18N 509280.2E 4502141.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G7M4C5+2W

Daylight in High Bridge

At 40.67° N, High Bridge 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 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near High Bridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 2.6 miles away, with 2,793 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of High Bridge, NJ?

3,607 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 74 (2.1%) from 3,533 in July 2020.

What county is High Bridge in?

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

What ZIP codes cover High Bridge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08829.

How far is High Bridge from Trenton?

31.8 miles (51.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from High Bridge.

What is the nearest larger city to High Bridge?

Washington, NJ, with 7,375 residents, 7.8 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.