New Jersey · Census place 3462940

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

Ridgefield Park is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 13,400 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 79th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,400
#79 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+204 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
+ 0.21 sq mi water
Density
7,836 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Ridgefield Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Ridgefield Park population, 2020 to 2024

Ridgefield Park added 204 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +140. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 118th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Ridgefield Park is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,233. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ridgefield Park covers 1.71 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 7,836 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Ridgefield Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Ridgefield Park is in

All of Ridgefield Park's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Ridgefield Park holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ridgefield Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ridgefield Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 07660. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ridgefield Park is

The Census internal point of Ridgefield Park is at 40.854700, -74.019900. Trenton, the capital, is 58.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palisades Park, NJ (20,520 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 8.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.854700, -74.019900
DMS
40°51'16.92"N 74°01'11.64"W
UTM
18N 582609.2E 4523089.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G7VX3J+V2

Daylight in Ridgefield Park

At 40.85° N, Ridgefield Park gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ridgefield Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Little Ferry, 1.1 miles away, with 11,137 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ridgefield Park, NJ?

13,400 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 204 (1.5%) from 13,196 in July 2020.

What county is Ridgefield Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ridgefield Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07660.

How far is Ridgefield Park from Trenton?

58.4 miles (94.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Ridgefield Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Ridgefield Park?

Palisades Park, NJ, with 20,520 residents, 1.3 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.