Flagtown vs Harlingen

A side-by-side comparison of Flagtown and Harlingen: population, income, housing, and more.

Flagtown and Harlingen are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Flagtown has the higher population (985 vs 697 in Harlingen). Harlingen has the higher median household income ($227,438 vs $220,677 in Flagtown). Harlingen has the higher median home value ($717,900 vs $650,200 in Flagtown).

Population, income & housing

	Flagtown	Harlingen
Population	985	697
Median age	44.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$220,677	$227,438
Median home value	$650,200	$717,900
Housing units	335	218
Homeownership rate	95.2%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.2%	85.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flagtown	Harlingen
Population	967 → 985 (+1.9%)	416 → 697 (+67.5%)
Median household income	$152,500 → $220,677 (+44.7%)	$238,000 → $227,438 (-4.4%)
Median home value	$468,800 → $650,200 (+38.7%)	$687,500 → $717,900 (+4.4%)

Flagtown

Population

967985

Median household income

$152,500$220,677

Median home value

$468,800$650,200

Harlingen

Population

416697

Median household income

$238,000$227,438

Median home value

$687,500$717,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flagtown	Harlingen
Under 5	4.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	26.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	2.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	29.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	22.5%
55 to 64	19.2%	6.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	1.3%
75 and over	2.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flagtown	Harlingen
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	65.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	34.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flagtown	Harlingen
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	74.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flagtown	Harlingen
Drove alone	82.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flagtown	Harlingen
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flagtown	Harlingen
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.94	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1987	1971