New Jersey · Census place 3466390

Sea Isle City, New Jersey

Sea Isle City is a city in Cape May County, New Jersey with an estimated 2,122 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 258th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,122
#258 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+20 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
+ 0.55 sq mi water
Density
965 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Sea Isle City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Sea Isle City population, 2020 to 2024

Sea Isle City added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

2,10220202,13120212,13520222,12120232,1222024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,102. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sea Isle City covers 2.20 square miles of land and 0.55 of water, for 965 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Sea Isle City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sea Isle City is in

All of Sea Isle City's residents live in Cape May County, which had 93,875 residents in 2024. Sea Isle City holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sea Isle City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sea Isle City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08243. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Sea Isle City is

The Census internal point of Sea Isle City is at 39.150800, -74.702700. Trenton, the capital, is 74.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ocean City, NJ (11,219 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 63.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.150800, -74.702700
DMS
39°09'2.88"N 74°42'9.72"W
UTM
18N 525689.0E 4333553.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F7572W+8W

Daylight in Sea Isle City

At 39.15° N, Sea Isle City gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sea Isle City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Avalon, 4.9 miles away, with 1,216 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sea Isle City, NJ?

2,122 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (1.0%) from 2,102 in July 2020.

What county is Sea Isle City in?

Cape May County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Sea Isle City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08243.

How far is Sea Isle City from Trenton?

74.0 miles (119.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Sea Isle City.

What is the nearest larger city to Sea Isle City?

Ocean City, NJ, with 11,219 residents, 9.9 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.