Drexel vs Phillipsburg

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

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

Drexel has the higher population (1,659 vs 397 in Phillipsburg). Phillipsburg has the higher median household income ($70,750 vs $43,691 in Drexel). Phillipsburg has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $58,700 in Drexel).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel	Phillipsburg
Population	1,659	397
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,691	$70,750
Median home value	$58,700	$107,400
Median gross rent	$942	$950
Housing units	718	257
Homeownership rate	50.4%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel	Phillipsburg
Population	2,064 → 1,659 (-19.6%)	456 → 397 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$28,850 → $43,691 (+51.4%)	$48,393 → $70,750 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$35,300 → $58,700 (+66.3%)	$78,400 → $107,400 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $942 (+30.7%)	$804 → $950 (+18.2%)

Drexel

Population

2,0641,659

Median household income

$28,850$43,691

Median home value

$35,300$58,700

Median gross rent

$721$942

Phillipsburg

Population

456397

Median household income

$48,393$70,750

Median home value

$78,400$107,400

Median gross rent

$804$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drexel	Phillipsburg
Under 5	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	32.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	5.8%	20.9%
35 to 44	19.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.9%	15.9%
75 and over	2.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel	Phillipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	60.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel	Phillipsburg
No high school diploma	21.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	34.8%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel	Phillipsburg
Drove alone	80.9%	84.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.4%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel	Phillipsburg
1-unit, detached	93.5%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Drexel	Phillipsburg
Poverty rate	19.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1966	1938