New Jersey · Census place 3447700

Moonachie, New Jersey

Moonachie is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 3,168 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 233rd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,168
#233 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+50 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
1,831 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Moonachie. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

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Moonachie population, 2020 to 2024

Moonachie added 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +33.

3,11820203,11020213,11220223,13520233,1682024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,127. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Moonachie covers 1.73 square miles of land, for 1,831 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Moonachie is less dense than the typical town.

What county Moonachie is in

All of Moonachie's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Moonachie 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 Moonachie

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Moonachie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07074, 07608. 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 Moonachie is

The Census internal point of Moonachie is at 40.841300, -74.057700. Trenton, the capital, is 56.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carlstadt, NJ (6,454 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 7.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.841300, -74.057700
DMS
40°50'28.68"N 74°03'27.72"W
UTM
18N 579439.2E 4521567.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G7RWRR+GW

Daylight in Moonachie

At 40.84° N, Moonachie 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 Moonachie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Carlstadt, 1.1 miles away, with 6,454 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Moonachie, NJ?

3,168 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 50 (1.6%) from 3,118 in July 2020.

What county is Moonachie in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Moonachie?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 07074, 07608.

How far is Moonachie from Trenton?

56.4 miles (90.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Moonachie.

What is the nearest larger city to Moonachie?

Carlstadt, NJ, with 6,454 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.