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Hillsdale, New Jersey

Hillsdale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 10,266 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 110th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,266
#110 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+149 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
3,540 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Hillsdale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Hillsdale population, 2020 to 2024

Hillsdale added 149 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +107. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 126th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Hillsdale is 91% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,143. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hillsdale covers 2.90 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 3,540 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Hillsdale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hillsdale is in

All of Hillsdale's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Hillsdale holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hillsdale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hillsdale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07642. 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 Hillsdale is

The Census internal point of Hillsdale is at 41.007100, -74.045100. Trenton, the capital, is 65.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westwood, NJ (11,434 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 8.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.007100, -74.045100
DMS
41°00'25.56"N 74°02'42.36"W
UTM
18N 580300.5E 4539984.3N
Geohash
dr7371458
Plus code
87H72X43+RX

Daylight in Hillsdale

At 41.01° N, Hillsdale gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hillsdale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Westwood, 1.4 miles away, with 11,434 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hillsdale, NJ?

10,266 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 149 (1.5%) from 10,117 in July 2020.

What county is Hillsdale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hillsdale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07642.

How far is Hillsdale from Trenton?

65.9 miles (106.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Hillsdale.

What is the nearest larger city to Hillsdale?

Westwood, NJ, with 11,434 residents, 1.4 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.