Hackettstown vs Phillipsburg

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

Hackettstown 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 10,143 in Hackettstown). Hackettstown has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $67,782 in Phillipsburg). Hackettstown has the higher median home value ($337,100 vs $180,700 in Phillipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hackettstown	Phillipsburg
Population	10,143	15,251
Median age	38.0 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$67,782
Median home value	$337,100	$180,700
Median gross rent	$1,419	$1,118
Housing units	3,823	7,018
Homeownership rate	59.3%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hackettstown	Phillipsburg
Population	9,485 → 10,143 (+6.9%)	14,344 → 15,251 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$70,234 → $91,250 (+29.9%)	$54,459 → $67,782 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$274,300 → $337,100 (+22.9%)	$136,800 → $180,700 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,419 (+20.1%)	$968 → $1,118 (+15.5%)

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

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)

	Hackettstown	Phillipsburg
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	14.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.6%
75 and over	6.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hackettstown	Phillipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	62.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hackettstown	Phillipsburg
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hackettstown	Phillipsburg
Drove alone	71.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.1%
Public transit	1.0%	1.5%
Walked	4.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	2.8%
Other means	1.7%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hackettstown	Phillipsburg
1-unit, detached	56.5%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	12.3%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hackettstown	Phillipsburg
Poverty rate	7.8%	17.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1967	1941