New Jersey · Census place 3468340

Somerdale, New Jersey

Somerdale is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey with an estimated 5,712 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 184th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,712
#184 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+161 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
4,109 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Somerdale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Somerdale population, 2020 to 2024

Somerdale added 161 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +122. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Somerdale is 51% of it.

5,55120205,54720215,55020225,59020235,7122024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,559. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Somerdale covers 1.39 square miles of land, for 4,109 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Somerdale is close to the typical town.

What county Somerdale is in

All of Somerdale's residents live in Camden County, which had 533,988 residents in 2024. Somerdale 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 Somerdale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Somerdale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08083. 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 Somerdale is

The Census internal point of Somerdale is at 39.845400, -75.021700. Trenton, the capital, is 29.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stratford, NJ (7,185 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 12.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.845400, -75.021700
DMS
39°50'43.44"N 75°01'18.12"W
UTM
18N 498143.5E 4410598.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F6RXWH+58

Daylight in Somerdale

At 39.85° N, Somerdale gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Somerdale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Magnolia, 1.1 miles away, with 4,396 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Somerdale, NJ?

5,712 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 161 (2.9%) from 5,551 in July 2020.

What county is Somerdale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Somerdale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08083.

How far is Somerdale from Trenton?

29.5 miles (47.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Somerdale.

What is the nearest larger city to Somerdale?

Stratford, NJ, with 7,185 residents, 1.2 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.