Morris Plains, New Jersey

Morris Plains population, 2020 to 2024

Morris Plains added 458 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.5%. In the latest year it moved by +11. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Morris Plains is 59% of it.

Morris Plains covers 2.55 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,584 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Morris Plains is less dense than the typical town.

What county Morris Plains is in

All of Morris Plains's residents live in Morris County, which had 523,053 residents in 2024. Morris Plains holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Morris Plains

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Morris Plains by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07950. 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 Morris Plains is

The Census internal point of Morris Plains is at 40.838800, -74.474200. Trenton, the capital, is 45.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morristown, NJ (20,732 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 17.1 miles away.

Daylight in Morris Plains

At 40.84° N, Morris Plains 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 Morris Plains

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Morristown, 2.9 miles away, with 20,732 people.