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Phillipsburg, NJ

15,251 Population
3.2 square miles 4,779.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,735 ±$2,567 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $43,319 ±$687
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$67,782 ±$8,403 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $82,602 ±$1,256
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

17.4% ±3% (2,630  ±449) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.3% 86,504 (±0.5% / ±4,494)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

28.5 minutes ±1.7 (212,240  ±18,383) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.7 10,261,605 (±0.4 / ±172,349)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

6,616 ±307 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 336,977 ±1,474
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.3 ±0.1 (15,180  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 842,129 (±0 / ±458)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.8% ±1.9% (131  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 9,105 (±0.4% / ±803)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

7,018 ±331 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 360,133 ±248
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$180,700 ±$9,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $277,800 ±$2,079
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

11.2% ±3.1% (1,695  ±471.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 89,129 (±0.5% / ±3,836.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

90.7% ±6.1% (9,877  ±759.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 91.6% 557,085 (±0.9% / ±5,465.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
22.2% ±3.6% (2,411  ±403.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 32.7% 198,970 (±0.6% / ±3,350.6)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.8% ±2.4% (1,334  ±366) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 90,374
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

6.4% ±1.9% (790  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6.2% 42,600 (±0.2% / ±1,513)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
790 Total veterans ±232 722 Male ±226 68 Female ±46

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