Hackettstown vs Washington

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

Hackettstown and Washington 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 7,287 in Washington). Hackettstown has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $79,280 in Washington). Hackettstown has the higher median home value ($337,100 vs $260,200 in Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Hackettstown	Washington
Population	10,143	7,287
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$79,280
Median home value	$337,100	$260,200
Median gross rent	$1,419	$1,374
Housing units	3,823	3,124
Homeownership rate	59.3%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hackettstown	Washington
Population	9,485 → 10,143 (+6.9%)	6,490 → 7,287 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$70,234 → $91,250 (+29.9%)	$64,906 → $79,280 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$274,300 → $337,100 (+22.9%)	$214,300 → $260,200 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,419 (+20.1%)	$1,094 → $1,374 (+25.6%)

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

Washington

Population

6,4907,287

Median household income

$64,906$79,280

Median home value

$214,300$260,200

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,374

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hackettstown	Washington
Under 5	4.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	14.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.8%
75 and over	6.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hackettstown	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	72.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hackettstown	Washington
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hackettstown	Washington
Drove alone	71.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.7%
Public transit	1.0%	2.3%
Walked	4.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.8%	13.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hackettstown	Washington
1-unit, detached	56.5%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	8.1%
20 or more units	12.3%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hackettstown	Washington
Poverty rate	7.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1967	1957