Elevation of Trenton
60ft
above sea level · 18 m
Trenton is the capital of New Jersey. Of the 50 state capitals, it’s the 10th lowest. The state’s largest city is Newark.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 40.22° N · 74.74° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 13′ 1″ N · 74° 44′ 35″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 18T · 521,873 E · 4,451,880 N
- Zone 18 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 91,506 people
- 7.61 sq mi of land · 12,024 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from April 2015: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Trenton had 91,506 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 0.8% more than in April 2020, when it had 90,815. Its 7.61 sq mi of land work out to 12,024 people/sq mi; the state average is 1,298 people/sq mi.
It’s the 6th most populous of the 700 places the Census counts in New Jersey (cities, towns and CDPs), after Newark (323,808), and holds 1.0% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Mercer County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.2 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other state capitals
Trenton sits at 60 ft (18 m) above sea level. Of the 50 state capitals, the highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft). The average is 1,098 ft: Trenton is 1,038 ft below it.
Of the 3 cities in New Jersey with a page, Trenton is the highest. The others are Jersey City (33 ft) and Newark (32 ft).
The highest point in New Jersey is High Point, at 1,803 ft according to the USGS: 1,743 ft above Trenton, 76 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Trenton.
What is the elevation of Trenton?
Trenton is 60 feet (18 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 Trenton?
Latitude 40.21705 and longitude -74.74294, in decimal degrees (40° 13′ 1″ N · 74° 44′ 35″ W). In UTM, zone 18: 521,873 E and 4,451,880 N, on NAD83.
How does Trenton rank among the highest state capitals?
It’s the 10th lowest of the 50 state capitals. The highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft).
What county is Trenton in?
Mercer County, New Jersey.
Which is higher, Trenton or Philadelphia?
Trenton. Trenton sits at 60 ft and Philadelphia at 35 ft: a difference of 25 ft, 29 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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