New Jersey · Census place 3467350
Shrewsbury, New Jersey
Shrewsbury is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey with an estimated 4,167 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 216th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,167
- #216 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -5 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,929 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Shrewsbury population, 2020 to 2024
Shrewsbury lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +5.
Shrewsbury covers 2.16 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,929 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Shrewsbury is less dense than the typical town.
What county Shrewsbury is in
All of Shrewsbury's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shrewsbury by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07702. 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 Shrewsbury is
The Census internal point of Shrewsbury is at 40.326500, -74.057400. Trenton, the capital, is 37.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Little Silver, NJ (6,101 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 24.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.326500, -74.057400
- DMS
- 40°19'35.40"N 74°03'26.64"W
- UTM
- 18N 580076.1E 4464422.8N
- Geohash
- dr5m6v1nc
- Plus code
- 87G78WGV+J2
Daylight in Shrewsbury
At 40.33° N, Shrewsbury gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 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 Shrewsbury
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Little Silver, 1.4 miles away, with 6,101 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Shrewsbury, NJ?
4,167 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.1%) from 4,172 in July 2020.
What county is Shrewsbury in?
Monmouth County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Shrewsbury?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07702.
How far is Shrewsbury from Trenton?
37.5 miles (60.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Shrewsbury.
What is the nearest larger city to Shrewsbury?
Little Silver, NJ, with 6,101 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.