Long Island vs Phillipsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Long Island and Phillipsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Island and Phillipsburg are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Phillipsburg has the higher population (2,132 vs 143 in Long Island). Long Island has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $58,125 in Phillipsburg). Phillipsburg has the higher median home value ($93,900 vs $90,000 in Long Island).

Population, income & housing

	Long Island	Phillipsburg
Population	143	2,132
Median age	28.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$58,125
Median home value	$90,000	$93,900
Median gross rent	—	$654
Housing units	52	1,276
Homeownership rate	80.9%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Island	Phillipsburg
Population	154 → 143 (-7.1%)	2,583 → 2,132 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $69,375 (+52.1%)	$48,579 → $58,125 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $90,000 (+71.4%)	$80,800 → $93,900 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$710 → $654 (-7.9%)

Long Island

Population

154143

Median household income

$45,625$69,375

Median home value

$52,500$90,000

Phillipsburg

Population

2,5832,132

Median household income

$48,579$58,125

Median home value

$80,800$93,900

Median gross rent

$710$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Island	Phillipsburg
Under 5	16.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	25.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	2.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	18.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	0.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	6.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.7%
75 and over	1.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Island	Phillipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Island	Phillipsburg
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Island	Phillipsburg
Drove alone	87.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Island	Phillipsburg
1-unit, detached	92.3%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Long Island	Phillipsburg
Poverty rate	4.9%	11.2%
Average household size	3.04	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1948	1961