West New York, New Jersey

West New York population, 2020 to 2024

West New York added 500 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,139. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 153rd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so West New York is 4.7 times that size.

West New York covers 0.99 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 53,510 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so West New York is denser than the typical town.

What county West New York is in

All of West New York's residents live in Hudson County, which had 736,185 residents in 2024. West New York holds 7.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West New York

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West New York by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 07093. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where West New York is

The Census internal point of West New York is at 40.786000, -74.009500. Trenton, the capital, is 55.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Union City, NJ (66,918 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jersey City, NJ, 5.9 miles away.

Daylight in West New York

At 40.79° N, West New York gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West New York

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Guttenberg, 0.5 miles away, with 11,945 people.