Elevation of Newark
32ft
above sea level · 10 m
Newark is a city in New Jersey with 323,808 people, the most populous in the state. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, it’s the 12th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 40.74° N · 74.17° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 44′ 8″ N · 74° 10′ 21″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 18T · 569,883 E · 4,509,743 N
- Zone 18 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 323,808 people
- 24.1 sq mi of land · 13,414 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from August 2025: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Newark had 323,808 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 4.0% more than in April 2020, when it had 311,485. Its 24.1 sq mi of land work out to 13,414 people/sq mi; the state average is 1,298 people/sq mi.
It’s the most populous of the 700 places the Census counts in New Jersey (cities, towns and CDPs), and holds 3.4% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Essex County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.8 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other big cities
Newark sits at 32 ft (10 m) above sea level. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, the highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft). The average is 858 ft: Newark is 826 ft below it.
The state capital, Trenton, is 47 mi away in a straight line and 28 ft higher than Newark.
Of the 3 cities in New Jersey with a page, Newark is the lowest. The others are Trenton (60 ft) and Jersey City (33 ft).
The highest point in New Jersey is High Point, at 1,803 ft according to the USGS: 1,771 ft above Newark, 48 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Newark.
What is the elevation of Newark?
Newark is 32 feet (10 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Newark?
Latitude 40.73566 and longitude -74.17237, in decimal degrees (40° 44′ 8″ N · 74° 10′ 21″ W). In UTM, zone 18: 569,883 E and 4,509,743 N, on NAD83.
How does Newark rank among the highest big cities?
It’s the 12th lowest of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people. The highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft).
What county is Newark in?
Essex County, New Jersey.
Which is higher, Newark or Trenton?
Trenton. Newark sits at 32 ft and Trenton at 60 ft: a difference of 28 ft, 47 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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