Phillipsburg is a city of 15,299 people in New Jersey. That trails the New Jersey median by roughly 34%. Density works out to 4,794 people per square mile. About 25% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $193,200, having more than doubled since 2000. 20.2% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,324, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
25% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Phillipsburg
What changed most since 1990
White share95.1% → 62.1%(−32.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share1.9% → 14.6%(+12.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate10.9% → 20.2%(+9.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Phillipsburg's population equals 14% of Warren County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.8% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 41% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.7%(171)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.5%(177)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.4%(206)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.4%(71)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(10)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 752 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Phillipsburg, decade by decade
Phillipsburg population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
15,757
$65,495
$208,086
8.8%
11.9
2000
15,166
$68,072
$162,856
9.2%
25.5
2010
14,950
$61,607
$260,957
11.6%
47.9
2020
15,249
$66,157
$174,776
22.0%
68.7
2024
15,299
$68,324
$193,200
24.6%
70.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
