New Jersey · Census place 3462430

Red Bank, New Jersey

Red Bank is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey with an estimated 12,830 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 81st largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,830
#81 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-75 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.41 sq mi water
Density
7,331 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Red Bank. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Red Bank population, 2020 to 2024

Red Bank lost 75 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +9. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 182nd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Red Bank is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,930. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Red Bank covers 1.75 square miles of land and 0.41 of water, for 7,331 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Red Bank is denser than the typical town.

What county Red Bank is in

All of Red Bank's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Red Bank holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Red Bank

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Red Bank by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07701. 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 Red Bank is

The Census internal point of Red Bank is at 40.348700, -74.066500. Trenton, the capital, is 37.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eatontown, NJ (13,582 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 22.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.348700, -74.066500
DMS
40°20'55.32"N 74°03'59.40"W
UTM
18N 579277.1E 4466878.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G78WXM+F9

Daylight in Red Bank

At 40.35° N, Red Bank 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 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Red Bank

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Shrewsbury, 1.6 miles away, with 4,167 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Red Bank, NJ?

12,830 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 75 (0.6%) from 12,905 in July 2020.

What county is Red Bank in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Red Bank?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07701.

How far is Red Bank from Trenton?

37.4 miles (60.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Red Bank.

What is the nearest larger city to Red Bank?

Eatontown, NJ, with 13,582 residents, 4.0 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.