New Jersey · Census place 3459070
Pitman, New Jersey
Pitman is a borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey with an estimated 8,943 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 129th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,943
- #129 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +1.8%
- +159 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,028 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Pitman population, 2020 to 2024
Pitman added 159 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +55. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 96th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Pitman is 80% of it.
Pitman covers 2.22 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 4,028 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Pitman is close to the typical town.
What county Pitman is in
All of Pitman's residents live in Gloucester County, which had 311,783 residents in 2024. Pitman holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pitman
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pitman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08071. 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 Pitman is
The Census internal point of Pitman is at 39.733100, -75.129700. Trenton, the capital, is 39.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glassboro, NJ (24,322 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 19.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.733100, -75.129700
- DMS
- 39°43'59.16"N 75°07'46.92"W
- UTM
- 18N 488885.9E 4398142.7N
- Geohash
- dr4d43hnp
- Plus code
- 87F6PVMC+64
Daylight in Pitman
At 39.73° N, Pitman gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pitman
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Glassboro, 2.5 miles away, with 24,322 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pitman, NJ?
8,943 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 159 (1.8%) from 8,784 in July 2020.
What county is Pitman in?
Gloucester County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pitman?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08071.
How far is Pitman from Trenton?
39.1 miles (62.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Pitman.
What is the nearest larger city to Pitman?
Glassboro, NJ, with 24,322 residents, 2.5 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.
- 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.