New Jersey · Census place 3473140

Totowa, New Jersey

Totowa is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey with an estimated 11,064 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 101st largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,064
#101 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+38 people
Land area
4.0 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
2,766 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Totowa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Totowa population, 2020 to 2024

Totowa added 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +133. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 170th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Totowa is 99% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,062. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Totowa covers 4.00 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,766 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Totowa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Totowa is in

All of Totowa's residents live in Passaic County, which had 526,597 residents in 2024. Totowa holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Totowa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Totowa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07512. 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 Totowa is

The Census internal point of Totowa is at 40.903400, -74.219800. Trenton, the capital, is 54.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Woodland Park, NJ (13,477 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 3.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.903400, -74.219800
DMS
40°54'12.24"N 74°13'11.28"W
UTM
18N 565712.0E 4528326.6N
Geohash
dr70xn4z9
Plus code
87G7WQ3J+93

Daylight in Totowa

At 40.90° N, Totowa gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Totowa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodland Park, 1.6 miles away, with 13,477 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Totowa, NJ?

11,064 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 38 (0.3%) from 11,026 in July 2020.

What county is Totowa in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Totowa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07512.

How far is Totowa from Trenton?

54.9 miles (88.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Totowa.

What is the nearest larger city to Totowa?

Woodland Park, NJ, with 13,477 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.