Beattystown vs Phillipsburg

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

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

Phillipsburg has the higher population (15,251 vs 4,479 in Beattystown). Beattystown has the higher median household income ($105,179 vs $67,782 in Phillipsburg). Beattystown has the higher median home value ($367,800 vs $180,700 in Phillipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Beattystown	Phillipsburg
Population	4,479	15,251
Median age	37.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,179	$67,782
Median home value	$367,800	$180,700
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,118
Housing units	1,910	7,018
Homeownership rate	46.9%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beattystown	Phillipsburg
Population	4,575 → 4,479 (-2.1%)	14,344 → 15,251 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$69,780 → $105,179 (+50.7%)	$54,459 → $67,782 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $367,800 (+23.9%)	$136,800 → $180,700 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,385 (+21.3%)	$968 → $1,118 (+15.5%)

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

Phillipsburg

Population

14,34415,251

Median household income

$54,459$67,782

Median home value

$136,800$180,700

Median gross rent

$968$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beattystown	Phillipsburg
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	20.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.6%
75 and over	2.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beattystown	Phillipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	62.8%
Black or African American	7.0%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beattystown	Phillipsburg
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	21.4%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beattystown	Phillipsburg
Drove alone	72.7%	76.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.1%
Public transit	1.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	2.8%
Other means	1.1%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beattystown	Phillipsburg
1-unit, detached	42.7%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	33.5%	6.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beattystown	Phillipsburg
Poverty rate	8.0%	17.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1984	1941