Rumson, New Jersey

Rumson population, 2020 to 2024

Rumson lost 135 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -6. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 191st; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Rumson is 64% of it.

Rumson covers 5.07 square miles of land and 2.05 of water, for 1,418 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Rumson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rumson is in

All of Rumson's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Rumson holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rumson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rumson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07760. 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 Rumson is

The Census internal point of Rumson is at 40.362100, -74.004500. Trenton, the capital, is 40.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Red Bank, NJ (12,830 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 21.1 miles away.

Daylight in Rumson

At 40.36° N, Rumson gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 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 Rumson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Sea Bright, 1.6 miles away, with 1,445 people.