Greenwich vs Phillipsburg

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

Greenwich 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 2,615 in Greenwich). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($166,977 vs $67,782 in Phillipsburg). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($457,500 vs $180,700 in Phillipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwich	Phillipsburg
Population	2,615	15,251
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$166,977	$67,782
Median home value	$457,500	$180,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,118
Housing units	792	7,018
Homeownership rate	97.2%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwich	Phillipsburg
Population	2,731 → 2,615 (-4.2%)	14,344 → 15,251 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$141,522 → $166,977 (+18.0%)	$54,459 → $67,782 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$335,900 → $457,500 (+36.2%)	$136,800 → $180,700 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$968 → $1,118 (+15.5%)

Greenwich

Population

2,7312,615

Median household income

$141,522$166,977

Median home value

$335,900$457,500

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)

	Greenwich	Phillipsburg
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	25.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	19.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	2.1%	8.6%
75 and over	1.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwich	Phillipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	49.6%	62.8%
Black or African American	14.0%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	17.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwich	Phillipsburg
No high school diploma	1.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	17.2%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwich	Phillipsburg
Drove alone	76.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.4%	1.5%
Walked	0.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwich	Phillipsburg
1-unit, detached	96.2%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenwich	Phillipsburg
Poverty rate	0.8%	17.4%
Average household size	3.30	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	43	29
Median year structure built	1998	1941