New Jersey · Census place 3480390
Wharton, New Jersey
Wharton is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey with an estimated 7,444 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 153rd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,444
- #153 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +2.7%
- +193 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,579 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Wharton population, 2020 to 2024
Wharton added 193 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +47. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 61st; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Wharton is 66% of it.
Wharton covers 2.08 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 3,579 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Wharton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wharton is in
All of Wharton's residents live in Morris County, which had 523,053 residents in 2024. Wharton holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wharton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wharton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07885. 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 Wharton is
The Census internal point of Wharton is at 40.897100, -74.574500. Trenton, the capital, is 47.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dover, NJ (18,909 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 21.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.897100, -74.574500
- DMS
- 40°53'49.56"N 74°34'28.20"W
- UTM
- 18N 535840.8E 4527421.4N
- Geohash
- dr6bxj0db
- Plus code
- 87G7VCWG+R6
Daylight in Wharton
At 40.90° N, Wharton 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 Wharton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Dover, 1.1 miles away, with 18,909 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wharton, NJ?
7,444 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 193 (2.7%) from 7,251 in July 2020.
What county is Wharton in?
Morris County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wharton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07885.
How far is Wharton from Trenton?
47.7 miles (76.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Wharton.
What is the nearest larger city to Wharton?
Dover, NJ, with 18,909 residents, 1.1 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.