New Providence, New Jersey

New Providence population, 2020 to 2024

New Providence added 253 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +225. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 94th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so New Providence is 1.2 times that size.

New Providence covers 3.69 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,782 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so New Providence is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Providence is in

All of New Providence's residents live in Union County, which had 594,160 residents in 2024. New Providence holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Providence

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Providence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07974. 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 New Providence is

The Census internal point of New Providence is at 40.698900, -74.406600. Trenton, the capital, is 37.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Summit, NJ (23,102 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 11.4 miles away.

Daylight in New Providence

At 40.70° N, New Providence gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Providence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Summit, 2.5 miles away, with 23,102 people.