Rahway, New Jersey

Rahway population, 2020 to 2024

Rahway added 1,092 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +461. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Rahway is 2.7 times that size.

Rahway covers 3.90 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 7,888 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Rahway is denser than the typical town.

What county Rahway is in

All of Rahway's residents live in Union County, which had 594,160 residents in 2024. Rahway holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rahway

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rahway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 07065. 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 Rahway is

The Census internal point of Rahway is at 40.607200, -74.280500. Trenton, the capital, is 36.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Linden, NJ (45,393 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 6.2 miles away.

Daylight in Rahway

At 40.61° N, Rahway gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rahway

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Linden, 2.7 miles away, with 45,393 people.