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Phillipsburg, NJ

15,299 Population
3.2 square miles 4,795 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,628 ±$3,140 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $44,264 ±$624
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,324 ±$11,742 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $84,587 ±$1,380
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.2% ±4% (3,076  ±606) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.2% 86,532 (±0.5% / ±3,837)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±1.7 (190,305  ±16,846) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.5 10,112,225 (±0.4 / ±167,821)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,556 ±311 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 339,656 ±1,254
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (15,223  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 848,939 (±0 / ±496)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±2.4% (191  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 9,052 (±0.5% / ±869)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,873 ±340 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 361,874 ±232
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,200 ±$16,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $300,800 ±$3,657
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±2.9% (1,615  ±431.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 9.8% 84,888 (±0.4% / ±3,729.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±6% (9,702  ±754.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 91.8% 563,769 (±0.9% / ±5,481.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.6% ±3.7% (2,657  ±411.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 33.5% 205,629 (±0.5% / ±3,172)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8% ±1.8% (1,225  ±274) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11% 96,342
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.8% (752  ±220) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6% 41,821 (±0.2% / ±1,471)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
752 Total veterans ±220 684 Male ±206 68 Female ±54

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