New Jersey · Census place 3454570

Oceanport, New Jersey

Oceanport is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey with an estimated 6,383 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 170th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,383
#170 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+3.9%
+240 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.62 sq mi water
Density
2,014 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Oceanport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Oceanport population, 2020 to 2024

Oceanport added 240 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +195. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Oceanport is 57% of it.

6,14320206,14320216,10420226,18820236,3832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,154. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oceanport covers 3.17 square miles of land and 0.62 of water, for 2,014 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Oceanport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Oceanport is in

All of Oceanport's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Oceanport holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oceanport

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Oceanport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07703, 07757. 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 Oceanport is

The Census internal point of Oceanport is at 40.316000, -74.020500. Trenton, the capital, is 39.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Long Branch, NJ (8,604 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 24.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.316000, -74.020500
DMS
40°18'57.60"N 74°01'13.80"W
UTM
18N 583223.8E 4463291.4N
Geohash
dr5m7e7ct
Plus code
87G78X8H+CR

Daylight in Oceanport

At 40.32° N, Oceanport gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oceanport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Little Silver, 1.6 miles away, with 6,101 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oceanport, NJ?

6,383 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 240 (3.9%) from 6,143 in July 2020.

What county is Oceanport in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Oceanport?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 07703, 07757.

How far is Oceanport from Trenton?

39.3 miles (63.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Oceanport.

What is the nearest larger city to Oceanport?

West Long Branch, NJ, with 8,604 residents, 1.9 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.