New Jersey · Census place 3463150

Ringwood, New Jersey

Ringwood is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey with an estimated 11,762 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 91st largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,762
#91 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+69 people
Land area
25.6 sq mi
+ 2.91 sq mi water
Density
460 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Ringwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Ringwood population, 2020 to 2024

Ringwood added 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +150. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 163rd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Ringwood is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,732. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ringwood covers 25.59 square miles of land and 2.91 of water, for 460 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Ringwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ringwood is in

All of Ringwood's residents live in Passaic County, which had 526,597 residents in 2024. Ringwood holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ringwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ringwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07456. 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 Ringwood is

The Census internal point of Ringwood is at 41.104000, -74.271100. Trenton, the capital, is 66.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oakland, NJ (12,926 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 14.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.104000, -74.271100
DMS
41°06'14.40"N 74°16'15.96"W
UTM
18N 561205.4E 4550558.1N
Geohash
dr71vfv2j
Plus code
87H74P3H+HH

Daylight in Ringwood

At 41.10° N, Ringwood gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ringwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Wanaque, 4.4 miles away, with 11,346 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ringwood, NJ?

11,762 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 69 (0.6%) from 11,693 in July 2020.

What county is Ringwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ringwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07456.

How far is Ringwood from Trenton?

66.1 miles (106.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Ringwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Ringwood?

Oakland, NJ, with 12,926 residents, 5.3 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.