New Jersey · Census place 3443050

Manasquan, New Jersey

Manasquan is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey with an estimated 5,925 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 180th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,925
#180 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-4 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 1.15 sq mi water
Density
4,293 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Manasquan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Manasquan population, 2020 to 2024

Manasquan lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +27. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 177th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Manasquan is 53% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,938. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Manasquan covers 1.38 square miles of land and 1.15 of water, for 4,293 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Manasquan is close to the typical town.

What county Manasquan is in

All of Manasquan's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Manasquan holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Manasquan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Manasquan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08736. 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 Manasquan is

The Census internal point of Manasquan is at 40.112400, -74.038200. Trenton, the capital, is 38.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Point Pleasant, NJ (19,565 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 38.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.112400, -74.038200
DMS
40°06'44.64"N 74°02'17.52"W
UTM
18N 581964.9E 4440675.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G74X66+XP

Daylight in Manasquan

At 40.11° N, Manasquan gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Manasquan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Sea Girt, 1.3 miles away, with 1,874 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Manasquan, NJ?

5,925 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.1%) from 5,929 in July 2020.

What county is Manasquan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Manasquan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08736.

How far is Manasquan from Trenton?

38.6 miles (62.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Manasquan.

What is the nearest larger city to Manasquan?

Point Pleasant, NJ, with 19,565 residents, 2.9 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.