New Jersey · Census place 3451210
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey with an estimated 57,487 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 14th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 57,487
- #14 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +4.0%
- +2,189 people
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- + 0.52 sq mi water
- Density
- 10,992 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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New Brunswick population, 2020 to 2024
New Brunswick added 2,189 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +920. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so New Brunswick is 5.1 times that size.
New Brunswick covers 5.23 square miles of land and 0.52 of water, for 10,992 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so New Brunswick is denser than the typical town.
What county New Brunswick is in
All of New Brunswick's residents live in Middlesex County, which had 890,119 residents in 2024. New Brunswick holds 6.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in New Brunswick
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Brunswick by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08901. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where New Brunswick is
The Census internal point of New Brunswick is at 40.486700, -74.444400. Trenton, the capital, is 24.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elizabeth, NJ (140,413 people), 18.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.486700, -74.444400
- DMS
- 40°29'12.12"N 74°26'39.84"W
- UTM
- 18N 547087.5E 4481926.7N
- Geohash
- dr5n3frhp
- Plus code
- 87G7FHP4+M6
Daylight in New Brunswick
At 40.49° N, New Brunswick gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near New Brunswick
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Highland Park, 1.3 miles away, with 15,386 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of New Brunswick, NJ?
57,487 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,189 (4.0%) from 55,298 in July 2020.
What county is New Brunswick in?
Middlesex County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover New Brunswick?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08901.
How far is New Brunswick from Trenton?
24.6 miles (39.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from New Brunswick.
What is the nearest larger city to New Brunswick?
Elizabeth, NJ, with 140,413 residents, 18.1 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.
- 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.