New Jersey · Census place 3440680

Little Ferry, New Jersey

Little Ferry is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 11,137 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 100th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,137
#100 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+183 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
7,525 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Little Ferry. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Little Ferry population, 2020 to 2024

Little Ferry added 183 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +124. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 107th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Little Ferry is 99% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,985. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Little Ferry covers 1.48 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 7,525 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Little Ferry is denser than the typical town.

What county Little Ferry is in

All of Little Ferry's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Little Ferry holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Little Ferry

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Little Ferry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07643. 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 Little Ferry is

The Census internal point of Little Ferry is at 40.843400, -74.034200. Trenton, the capital, is 57.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ridgefield Park, NJ (13,400 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 8.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.843400, -74.034200
DMS
40°50'36.24"N 74°02'3.12"W
UTM
18N 581417.8E 4521822.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G7RXV8+98

Daylight in Little Ferry

At 40.84° N, Little Ferry 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 Little Ferry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Ridgefield Park, 1.1 miles away, with 13,400 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Little Ferry, NJ?

11,137 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 183 (1.7%) from 10,954 in July 2020.

What county is Little Ferry in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Little Ferry?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07643.

How far is Little Ferry from Trenton?

57.3 miles (92.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Little Ferry.

What is the nearest larger city to Little Ferry?

Ridgefield Park, NJ, with 13,400 residents, 1.1 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.