New Jersey · Census place 3465790

Sayreville, New Jersey

Sayreville is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey with an estimated 47,165 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 18th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
47,165
#18 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+4.3%
+1,952 people
Land area
15.8 sq mi
+ 2.83 sq mi water
Density
2,979 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Sayreville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Sayreville population, 2020 to 2024

Sayreville added 1,952 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1,012. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Sayreville is 4.2 times that size.

45.2k202045.2k202145.4k202246.2k202347.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 45,337. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sayreville covers 15.83 square miles of land and 2.83 of water, for 2,979 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Sayreville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sayreville is in

All of Sayreville's residents live in Middlesex County, which had 890,119 residents in 2024. Sayreville holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sayreville

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sayreville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08859, 08872, 08879. 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 Sayreville is

The Census internal point of Sayreville is at 40.466900, -74.320200. Trenton, the capital, is 28.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Perth Amboy, NJ (56,939 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 15.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.466900, -74.320200
DMS
40°28'0.84"N 74°19'12.72"W
UTM
18N 557630.6E 4479802.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G7FM8H+QW

Daylight in Sayreville

At 40.47° N, Sayreville gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sayreville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is South Amboy, 2.6 miles away, with 10,549 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sayreville, NJ?

47,165 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,952 (4.3%) from 45,213 in July 2020.

What county is Sayreville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sayreville?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 08859, 08872, 08879.

How far is Sayreville from Trenton?

28.6 miles (46.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Sayreville.

What is the nearest larger city to Sayreville?

Perth Amboy, NJ, with 56,939 residents, 4.5 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.