New Jersey · Census place 3468730
South Bound Brook, New Jersey
South Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey with an estimated 4,965 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 196th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,965
- #196 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +2.3%
- +112 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- + 0.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 7,638 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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South Bound Brook population, 2020 to 2024
South Bound Brook added 112 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +108.
South Bound Brook covers 0.65 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 7,638 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so South Bound Brook is denser than the typical town.
What county South Bound Brook is in
All of South Bound Brook's residents live in Somerset County, which had 357,467 residents in 2024. South Bound Brook holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in South Bound Brook
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Bound Brook by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08880. 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 South Bound Brook is
The Census internal point of South Bound Brook is at 40.553900, -74.527500. Trenton, the capital, is 26.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bound Brook, NJ (12,643 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 19.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.553900, -74.527500
- DMS
- 40°33'14.04"N 74°31'39.00"W
- UTM
- 18N 540004.8E 4489344.9N
- Geohash
- dr5n8ndex
- Plus code
- 87G7HF3C+HX
Daylight in South Bound Brook
At 40.55° N, South Bound Brook gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near South Bound Brook
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Bound Brook, 1.1 miles away, with 12,643 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of South Bound Brook, NJ?
4,965 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 112 (2.3%) from 4,853 in July 2020.
What county is South Bound Brook in?
Somerset County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover South Bound Brook?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08880.
How far is South Bound Brook from Trenton?
26.0 miles (41.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from South Bound Brook.
What is the nearest larger city to South Bound Brook?
Bound Brook, NJ, with 12,643 residents, 1.1 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.