New Jersey · Census place 3482720

Woodstown, New Jersey

Woodstown is a borough in Salem County, New Jersey with an estimated 3,757 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 222nd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,757; #222 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020: +2.1%; +76 people
Land area: 1.6 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 2,378 / sq mi; State median 4,474

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

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Woodstown population, 2020 to 2024

Woodstown added 76 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +26.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,681. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Woodstown covers 1.58 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,378 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Woodstown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Woodstown is in

All of Woodstown's residents live in Salem County, which had 65,874 residents in 2024. Woodstown holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Woodstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Woodstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08098. 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 Woodstown is

The Census internal point of Woodstown is at 39.650200, -75.326200. Trenton, the capital, is 49.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Penns Grove, NJ (4,921 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 26.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.650200, -75.326200
DMS: 39°39'0.72"N 75°19'34.32"W
UTM: 18N 472014.1E 4388984.8N
Geohash: dr43tfj5h
Plus code: 87F6MM2F+3G

Daylight in Woodstown

At 39.65° N, Woodstown gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Woodstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Swedesboro, 6.7 miles away, with 2,766 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Woodstown, NJ?

3,757 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 76 (2.1%) from 3,681 in July 2020.

What county is Woodstown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Woodstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08098.

How far is Woodstown from Trenton?

49.7 miles (79.9 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Woodstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Woodstown?

Penns Grove, NJ, with 4,921 residents, 9.3 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.