New Jersey · Census place 3434530

Island Heights, New Jersey

Island Heights is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey with an estimated 1,715 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 273rd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,715; #273 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020: +4.0%; +66 people
Land area: 0.6 sq mi; + 0.31 sq mi water
Density: 2,811 / sq mi; State median 4,474

Orange pin: Island Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

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Island Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Island Heights added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,647. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Island Heights covers 0.61 square miles of land and 0.31 of water, for 2,811 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Island Heights is less dense than the typical town.

What county Island Heights is in

All of Island Heights's residents live in Ocean County, which had 666,434 residents in 2024. Island Heights 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 Island Heights

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Island Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08732, 08753. 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 Island Heights is

The Census internal point of Island Heights is at 39.941800, -74.143800. Trenton, the capital, is 37.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ocean Gate, NJ (1,987 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 50.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.941800, -74.143800
DMS: 39°56'30.48"N 74°08'37.68"W
UTM: 18N 573147.5E 4421648.5N
Geohash: dr570z4ju
Plus code: 87F7WVR4+PF

Daylight in Island Heights

At 39.94° N, Island Heights gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Island Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Ocean Gate, 1.2 miles away, with 1,987 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Island Heights, NJ?

1,715 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (4.0%) from 1,649 in July 2020.

What county is Island Heights in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Island Heights?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 08732, 08753.

How far is Island Heights from Trenton?

37.7 miles (60.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Island Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Island Heights?

Ocean Gate, NJ, with 1,987 residents, 1.2 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.

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