New Jersey · Census place 3471670

Sussex, New Jersey

Sussex is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey with an estimated 2,072 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 260th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,072; #260 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020: +2.6%; +53 people
Land area: 0.6 sq mi; + 0.03 sq mi water
Density: 3,512 / sq mi; State median 4,474

Orange pin: Sussex. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

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Sussex population, 2020 to 2024

Sussex added 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +13.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,025. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sussex covers 0.59 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,512 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Sussex is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sussex is in

All of Sussex's residents live in Sussex County, which had 147,444 residents in 2024. Sussex 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 Sussex

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sussex by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07461. 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 Sussex is

The Census internal point of Sussex is at 41.208800, -74.608200. Trenton, the capital, is 68.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hamburg, NJ (3,351 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 30.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.208800, -74.608200
DMS: 41°12'31.68"N 74°36'29.52"W
UTM: 18N 532846.8E 4562010.3N
Geohash: dr6fqjzfw
Plus code: 87H7695R+GP

Daylight in Sussex

At 41.21° N, Sussex gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sussex

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Hamburg, 4.5 miles away, with 3,351 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sussex, NJ?

2,072 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 53 (2.6%) from 2,019 in July 2020.

What county is Sussex in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sussex?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07461.

How far is Sussex from Trenton?

68.7 miles (110.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sussex.

What is the nearest larger city to Sussex?

Hamburg, NJ, with 3,351 residents, 4.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.