New Jersey · Census place 3471850
Swedesboro, New Jersey
Swedesboro is a borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey with an estimated 2,766 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 242nd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,766
- #242 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +2.1%
- +57 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,789 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Swedesboro population, 2020 to 2024
Swedesboro added 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +23.
Swedesboro covers 0.73 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 3,789 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Swedesboro is less dense than the typical town.
What county Swedesboro is in
All of Swedesboro's residents live in Gloucester County, which had 311,783 residents in 2024. Swedesboro holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Swedesboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Swedesboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08085. 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 Swedesboro is
The Census internal point of Swedesboro is at 39.745900, -75.310900. Trenton, the capital, is 44.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Woodstown, NJ (3,757 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 20.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.745900, -75.310900
- DMS
- 39°44'45.24"N 75°18'39.24"W
- UTM
- 18N 473363.5E 4399601.4N
- Geohash
- dr46n7828
- Plus code
- 87F6PMWQ+9J
Daylight in Swedesboro
At 39.75° N, Swedesboro gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Swedesboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodstown, 6.7 miles away, with 3,757 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Swedesboro, NJ?
2,766 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 57 (2.1%) from 2,709 in July 2020.
What county is Swedesboro in?
Gloucester County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Swedesboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08085.
How far is Swedesboro from Trenton?
44.1 miles (70.9 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Swedesboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Swedesboro?
Woodstown, NJ, with 3,757 residents, 6.6 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.
- 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.