Beattystown vs Hackettstown

A side-by-side comparison of Beattystown and Hackettstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hackettstown has the higher population (10,143 vs 4,479 in Beattystown). Beattystown has the higher median household income ($105,179 vs $91,250 in Hackettstown). Beattystown has the higher median home value ($367,800 vs $337,100 in Hackettstown).

Population, income & housing

	Beattystown	Hackettstown
Population	4,479	10,143
Median age	37.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,179	$91,250
Median home value	$367,800	$337,100
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,419
Housing units	1,910	3,823
Homeownership rate	46.9%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beattystown	Hackettstown
Population	4,575 → 4,479 (-2.1%)	9,485 → 10,143 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$69,780 → $105,179 (+50.7%)	$70,234 → $91,250 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $367,800 (+23.9%)	$274,300 → $337,100 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,385 (+21.3%)	$1,182 → $1,419 (+20.1%)

Beattystown

Population

4,5754,479

Median household income

$69,780$105,179

Median home value

$296,900$367,800

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,385

Hackettstown

Population

9,48510,143

Median household income

$70,234$91,250

Median home value

$274,300$337,100

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,419

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beattystown	Hackettstown
Under 5	5.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	14.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	20.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	4.2%	9.4%
75 and over	2.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beattystown	Hackettstown
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	63.8%
Black or African American	7.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beattystown	Hackettstown
No high school diploma	5.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	21.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beattystown	Hackettstown
Drove alone	72.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.5%
Public transit	1.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.6%	9.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beattystown	Hackettstown
1-unit, detached	42.7%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	33.5%	13.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Beattystown	Hackettstown
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1984	1967