New Jersey · Census place 58350
Phillipsburg, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Phillipsburg, NJ — Census place “Phillipsburg town”) is 15,251 residents, ranking #77 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $67,782, the median home is worth $180,700 and median gross rent runs $1,118 a month. Looking for the Phillipsburg New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Phillipsburg, NJ: 08865.
- Population
- 15,251Phillipsburg town residents
- Median household income
- $67,782Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $180,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,118Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 58.8%Owner-occupied households
Phillipsburg ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Phillipsburg.
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What the numbers mean in Phillipsburg town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Phillipsburg town median would spend about 19.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.4% of residents and 58.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Phillipsburg town, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Phillipsburg town is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 15,251 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #77 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 41.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Phillipsburg town earn a median of $67,782 a year, 13.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Phillipsburg town is valued at $180,700, 40.4% below the national figure and 56% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,118 a month, 20.5% below the national figure, or roughly $13,416 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in New Jersey.
- Asbury Park city 15,239
- Tenafly borough 15,252
- Metuchen borough 14,982
- Princeton Meadows CDP 15,382
- Highland Park borough 14,981
- Springdale CDP 15,672
- Fairview borough 14,920
- South River borough 16,007
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Phillipsburg town?
- Phillipsburg town has 15,251 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #77 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Phillipsburg town?
- Median household income in Phillipsburg town is $67,782 a year, 13.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Phillipsburg town?
- Median gross rent is $1,118 a month and the median home value is $180,700, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.
- Is Phillipsburg town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Phillipsburg town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Phillipsburg town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.