New Jersey · Census place 3439390

Lavallette, New Jersey

Lavallette is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey with an estimated 1,854 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 267th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,854
#267 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+3.3%
+59 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
2,261 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Lavallette. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Lavallette population, 2020 to 2024

Lavallette added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

1,79520201,82420211,83920221,84620231,8542024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,788. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lavallette covers 0.82 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 2,261 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Lavallette is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lavallette is in

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

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lavallette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08735. 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 Lavallette is

The Census internal point of Lavallette is at 39.969500, -74.071900. Trenton, the capital, is 40.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seaside Heights, NJ (2,522 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 48.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.969500, -74.071900
DMS
39°58'10.20"N 74°04'18.84"W
UTM
18N 579258.2E 4424784.4N
Geohash
dr576knrp
Plus code
87F7XW9H+Q6

Daylight in Lavallette

At 39.97° N, Lavallette 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 Lavallette

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Seaside Heights, 1.7 miles away, with 2,522 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lavallette, NJ?

1,854 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (3.3%) from 1,795 in July 2020.

What county is Lavallette in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lavallette?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08735.

How far is Lavallette from Trenton?

40.1 miles (64.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Lavallette.

What is the nearest larger city to Lavallette?

Seaside Heights, NJ, with 2,522 residents, 1.7 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.