New Jersey · Census place 3449920

Neptune City, New Jersey

Neptune City is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey with an estimated 4,599 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 205th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,599
#205 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-10 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
5,110 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Neptune City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Neptune City population, 2020 to 2024

Neptune City lost 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

4,60920204,61820214,60220224,59420234,5992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,617. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Neptune City covers 0.90 square miles of land, for 5,110 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Neptune City is denser than the typical town.

What county Neptune City is in

All of Neptune City's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Neptune City holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Neptune City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Neptune City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07753. 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 Neptune City is

The Census internal point of Neptune City is at 40.200500, -74.033300. Trenton, the capital, is 38.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belmar, NJ (5,846 people), 1.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 32.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.200500, -74.033300
DMS
40°12'1.80"N 74°01'59.88"W
UTM
18N 582276.0E 4450459.2N
Geohash
dr5keq68g
Plus code
87G76X28+6M

Daylight in Neptune City

At 40.20° N, Neptune City gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Neptune City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Bradley Beach, 1.1 miles away, with 4,140 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Neptune City, NJ?

4,599 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 10 (0.2%) from 4,609 in July 2020.

What county is Neptune City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Neptune City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07753.

How far is Neptune City from Trenton?

38.2 miles (61.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Neptune City.

What is the nearest larger city to Neptune City?

Belmar, NJ, with 5,846 residents, 1.5 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.

  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.