New Jersey · Census place 3474210

Tuckerton, New Jersey

Tuckerton is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey with an estimated 3,701 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 224th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,701; #224 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020: +3.3%; +118 people
Land area: 3.4 sq mi; + 0.45 sq mi water
Density: 1,101 / sq mi; State median 4,474

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

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Tuckerton population, 2020 to 2024

Tuckerton added 118 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,577. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tuckerton covers 3.36 square miles of land and 0.45 of water, for 1,101 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Tuckerton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tuckerton is in

All of Tuckerton's residents live in Ocean County, which had 666,434 residents in 2024. Tuckerton holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tuckerton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tuckerton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08087. 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 Tuckerton is

The Census internal point of Tuckerton is at 39.592200, -74.333100. Trenton, the capital, is 48.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brigantine, NJ (7,697 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 51.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.592200, -74.333100
DMS: 39°35'31.92"N 74°19'59.16"W
UTM: 18N 557263.8E 4382709.4N
Geohash: dr51hx833
Plus code: 87F7HMR8+VQ

Daylight in Tuckerton

At 39.59° N, Tuckerton gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tuckerton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Beach Haven, 4.5 miles away, with 1,069 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tuckerton, NJ?

3,701 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 118 (3.3%) from 3,583 in July 2020.

What county is Tuckerton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tuckerton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08087.

How far is Tuckerton from Trenton?

48.9 miles (78.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Tuckerton.

What is the nearest larger city to Tuckerton?

Brigantine, NJ, with 7,697 residents, 12.6 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.

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