Hackettstown vs Panther Valley

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

Hackettstown and Panther Valley 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 4,622 in Panther Valley). Panther Valley has the higher median household income ($128,484 vs $91,250 in Hackettstown). Panther Valley has the higher median home value ($359,800 vs $337,100 in Hackettstown).

Population, income & housing

	Hackettstown	Panther Valley
Population	10,143	4,622
Median age	38.0 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$128,484
Median home value	$337,100	$359,800
Median gross rent	$1,419	$2,000
Housing units	3,823	2,165
Homeownership rate	59.3%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	54.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hackettstown	Panther Valley
Population	9,485 → 10,143 (+6.9%)	3,815 → 4,622 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$70,234 → $91,250 (+29.9%)	$84,648 → $128,484 (+51.8%)
Median home value	$274,300 → $337,100 (+22.9%)	$239,200 → $359,800 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,419 (+20.1%)	$1,669 → $2,000 (+19.8%)

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

Panther Valley

Population

3,8154,622

Median household income

$84,648$128,484

Median home value

$239,200$359,800

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hackettstown	Panther Valley
Under 5	4.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	14.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	20.4%
75 and over	6.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hackettstown	Panther Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hackettstown	Panther Valley
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	30.8%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hackettstown	Panther Valley
Drove alone	71.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	2.8%
Public transit	1.0%	1.9%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	20.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hackettstown	Panther Valley
1-unit, detached	56.5%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	53.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	12.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hackettstown	Panther Valley
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1967	1984