New Jersey · Census place 3471220

Stratford, New Jersey

Stratford is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey with an estimated 7,185 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 158th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,185
#158 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+217 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
4,576 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Stratford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Stratford population, 2020 to 2024

Stratford added 217 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +155. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Stratford is 64% of it.

6,96820206,96420216,97220227,03020237,1852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,978. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stratford covers 1.57 square miles of land, for 4,576 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Stratford is close to the typical town.

What county Stratford is in

All of Stratford's residents live in Camden County, which had 533,988 residents in 2024. Stratford holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stratford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stratford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08084. 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 Stratford is

The Census internal point of Stratford is at 39.829000, -75.015500. Trenton, the capital, is 30.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lindenwold, NJ (21,919 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 13.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.829000, -75.015500
DMS
39°49'44.40"N 75°00'55.80"W
UTM
18N 498673.6E 4408778.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Stratford

At 39.83° N, Stratford 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 Stratford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Laurel Springs, 0.8 miles away, with 2,003 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stratford, NJ?

7,185 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 217 (3.1%) from 6,968 in July 2020.

What county is Stratford in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stratford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08084.

How far is Stratford from Trenton?

30.4 miles (48.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Stratford.

What is the nearest larger city to Stratford?

Lindenwold, NJ, with 21,919 residents, 1.6 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.