New Jersey · Census place 3467110
Ship Bottom, New Jersey
Ship Bottom is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey with an estimated 1,125 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 291st largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,125
- #291 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +1.9%
- +21 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- + 0.28 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,585 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Ship Bottom population, 2020 to 2024
Ship Bottom added 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Ship Bottom covers 0.71 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 1,585 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Ship Bottom is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ship Bottom is in
All of Ship Bottom's residents live in Ocean County, which had 666,434 residents in 2024. Ship Bottom holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ship Bottom
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ship Bottom by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08008. 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 Ship Bottom is
The Census internal point of Ship Bottom is at 39.645400, -74.183000. Trenton, the capital, is 50.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Surf City, NJ (1,298 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 56.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.645400, -74.183000
- DMS
- 39°38'43.44"N 74°10'58.80"W
- UTM
- 18N 570098.7E 4388720.2N
- Geohash
- dr51xcjx4
- Plus code
- 87F7JRW8+5R
Daylight in Ship Bottom
At 39.65° N, Ship Bottom gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ship Bottom
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Surf City, 1.4 miles away, with 1,298 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ship Bottom, NJ?
1,125 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 21 (1.9%) from 1,104 in July 2020.
What county is Ship Bottom in?
Ocean County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ship Bottom?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08008.
How far is Ship Bottom from Trenton?
50.0 miles (80.5 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Ship Bottom.
What is the nearest larger city to Ship Bottom?
Surf City, NJ, with 1,298 residents, 1.4 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.