New Jersey · Census place 3440020
Leonia, New Jersey
Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 9,492 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 122nd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 9,492
- #122 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +2.1%
- +195 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 6,245 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Leonia population, 2020 to 2024
Leonia added 195 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +105. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 78th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Leonia is 85% of it.
Leonia covers 1.52 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 6,245 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Leonia is denser than the typical town.
What county Leonia is in
All of Leonia's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Leonia 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 Leonia
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Leonia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07605. 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 Leonia is
The Census internal point of Leonia is at 40.863400, -73.988500. Trenton, the capital, is 59.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palisades Park, NJ (20,520 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 8.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.863400, -73.988500
- DMS
- 40°51'48.24"N 73°59'18.60"W
- UTM
- 18N 585244.7E 4524085.7N
- Geohash
- dr72kqgnw
- Plus code
- 87G8V276+9J
Daylight in Leonia
At 40.86° N, Leonia gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Leonia
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Palisades Park, 1.2 miles away, with 20,520 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Leonia, NJ?
9,492 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 195 (2.1%) from 9,297 in July 2020.
What county is Leonia in?
Bergen County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Leonia?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07605.
How far is Leonia from Trenton?
59.9 miles (96.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Leonia.
What is the nearest larger city to Leonia?
Palisades Park, NJ, with 20,520 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.
- 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.