Longport, New Jersey
Longport, New Jersey | |
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Longport Beach | |
Location of Longport in Atlantic County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Atlantic County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Longport, New Jersey | |
Location in Atlantic County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°18′41″N 74°31′37″W / 39.311337°N 74.526957°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Atlantic |
| Incorporated | March 7, 1898 |
| Named after | James Long |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | Nicholas Russo (term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Municipal clerk | Monica Kyle |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.56 sq mi (4.03 km2) |
| • Land | 0.40 sq mi (1.02 km2) |
| • Water | 1.16 sq mi (3.01 km2) 74.49% |
| • Rank | 447th of 565 in state 23rd of 23 in county |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 893 |
• Estimate (2023) | 878 |
| • Rank | 538th of 565 in state 22nd of 23 in county |
| • Density | 2,259.8/sq mi (872.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 277th of 565 in state 7th of 23 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08403 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 487, 822, 823 |
| FIPS code | 3400141370 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885286 |
| Website | www |
Longport is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore on Absecon Island, within Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, on the Atlantic Ocean shoreline. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 893, a decrease of two people (−0.2%) from the 2010 census count of 895, which in turn reflected a decline of 159 (−15.1%) from the 1,054 counted in the 2000 census.
Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
In 2018, New Jersey Business Magazine listed Longport at 22nd in its listing of "The Most Expensive ZIP Codes in New Jersey", with a median sale price 2017 of $767,500.