Union Beach, New Jersey

Union Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Union Beach lost 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +3. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 179th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Union Beach is 51% of it.

Union Beach covers 1.78 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 3,197 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Union Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Union Beach is in

All of Union Beach's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Union Beach 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 Union Beach

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Union Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07730, 07735. 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 Union Beach is

The Census internal point of Union Beach is at 40.447500, -74.170000. Trenton, the capital, is 34.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Keansburg, NJ (9,689 people), 0.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 15.2 miles away.

Daylight in Union Beach

At 40.45° N, Union Beach gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Union Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Keansburg, 0.8 miles away, with 9,689 people.