New Jersey · Census place 3450130

Netcong, New Jersey

Netcong is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey with an estimated 3,925 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 221st largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,925
#221 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+16.6%
+558 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
4,729 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Netcong. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

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Netcong population, 2020 to 2024

Netcong added 558 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +16.6%. In the latest year it moved by +237.

3,36720203,66720213,66720223,68820233,9252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,373. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Netcong covers 0.83 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 4,729 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Netcong is close to the typical town.

What county Netcong is in

All of Netcong's residents live in Morris County, which had 523,053 residents in 2024. Netcong holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Netcong

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Netcong by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07857. 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 Netcong is

The Census internal point of Netcong is at 40.899200, -74.700800. Trenton, the capital, is 46.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Arlington, NJ (5,979 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 28.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.899200, -74.700800
DMS
40°53'57.12"N 74°42'2.88"W
UTM
18N 525201.5E 4527610.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G7V7XX+MM

Daylight in Netcong

At 40.90° N, Netcong 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 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Netcong

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Stanhope, 1.0 miles away, with 3,599 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Netcong, NJ?

3,925 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 558 (16.6%) from 3,367 in July 2020.

What county is Netcong in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Netcong?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07857.

How far is Netcong from Trenton?

46.9 miles (75.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Netcong.

What is the nearest larger city to Netcong?

Mount Arlington, NJ, with 5,979 residents, 3.5 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.