River Edge, New Jersey

River Edge population, 2020 to 2024

River Edge added 179 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +130. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 123rd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so River Edge is 1.1 times that size.

River Edge covers 1.83 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 6,686 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so River Edge is denser than the typical town.

What county River Edge is in

All of River Edge's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. River Edge holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in River Edge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps River Edge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07661. 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 River Edge is

The Census internal point of River Edge is at 40.926800, -74.037500. Trenton, the capital, is 61.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Milford, NJ (17,229 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 6.6 miles away.

Daylight in River Edge

At 40.93° N, River Edge 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 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near River Edge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is New Milford, 1.1 miles away, with 17,229 people.