New Jersey · Census place 3445330
Mendham, New Jersey
Mendham is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey with an estimated 5,000 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,000
- #194 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +0.9%
- +43 people
- Land area
- 5.9 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 843 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Mendham population, 2020 to 2024
Mendham added 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +10. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 156th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Mendham is 45% of it.
Mendham covers 5.93 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 843 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Mendham is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mendham is in
All of Mendham's residents live in Morris County, which had 523,053 residents in 2024. Mendham 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 Mendham
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mendham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07945. 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 Mendham is
The Census internal point of Mendham is at 40.767300, -74.597800. Trenton, the capital, is 38.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bernardsville, NJ (8,020 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 22.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.767300, -74.597800
- DMS
- 40°46'2.28"N 74°35'52.08"W
- UTM
- 18N 533944.4E 4513003.5N
- Geohash
- dr4zymrw9
- Plus code
- 87G7QC82+WV
Daylight in Mendham
At 40.77° N, Mendham gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mendham
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Bernardsville, 2.6 miles away, with 8,020 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mendham, NJ?
5,000 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 43 (0.9%) from 4,957 in July 2020.
What county is Mendham in?
Morris County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mendham?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07945.
How far is Mendham from Trenton?
38.7 miles (62.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Mendham.
What is the nearest larger city to Mendham?
Bernardsville, NJ, with 8,020 residents, 2.5 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.