New Jersey · Census place 3463660
Riverton, New Jersey
Riverton is a borough in Burlington County, New Jersey with an estimated 2,816 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 239th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,816
- #239 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +2.2%
- +60 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- + 0.27 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,267 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Riverton population, 2020 to 2024
Riverton added 60 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +29.
Riverton covers 0.66 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 4,267 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Riverton is close to the typical town.
What county Riverton is in
All of Riverton's residents live in Burlington County, which had 475,515 residents in 2024. Riverton holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Riverton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Riverton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08077. 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 Riverton is
The Census internal point of Riverton is at 40.011100, -75.014100. Trenton, the capital, is 19.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palmyra, NJ (7,587 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 6.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.011100, -75.014100
- DMS
- 40°00'39.96"N 75°00'50.76"W
- UTM
- 18N 498796.6E 4428989.3N
- Geohash
- dr4et5b3s
- Plus code
- 87G62X6P+C9
Daylight in Riverton
At 40.01° N, Riverton gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Riverton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Palmyra, 1.3 miles away, with 7,587 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Riverton, NJ?
2,816 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 60 (2.2%) from 2,756 in July 2020.
What county is Riverton in?
Burlington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Riverton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08077.
How far is Riverton from Trenton?
19.9 miles (32.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Riverton.
What is the nearest larger city to Riverton?
Palmyra, NJ, with 7,587 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.