City safety & data profile

PhillipsburgNJ

Phillipsburg, NJ is a 15K-resident city in Warren County with a median household income of $68,324.

Warren County, New Jersey. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Phillipsburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Phillipsburg has a population larger than 25% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $193,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 26%
By size
$68,324
Median income (place)
$193,200
Median home (place)
20.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg posts a median household income higher than 34% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Phillipsburg area.

Bottom 35%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Phillipsburg

Where Phillipsburg income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$68,324 Bottom 34% higher than 34% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Phillipsburg $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NJ

Population among 151 NJ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Newark is the largest NJ city on this list; Short Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NJ

Median household income among the same 151-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Short Hills posts the highest place-level median income in NJ; Newark is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Phillipsburg, NJ beyond the headline numbers

Phillipsburg sits inside Warren County, New Jersey, at roughly 40.69°N, -75.19°W. Population 14,515, $68,324 median household income. Median home value $193,200, median rent $1,167. Poverty rate 20.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Phillipsburg, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

20.2% of Phillipsburg, NJ residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Phillipsburg runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 4.5% of Phillipsburg workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 16.5% in Phillipsburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.3% of Phillipsburg workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Phillipsburg from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
14,515
Phillipsburg · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$68,324
-24% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$193,200
-53% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Warren County): Phillipsburg's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
111K+2%
Median Income
$100,869+42%
Median Home Value
$346,500+28%
Poverty Rate
8.3%+6%
Unemployment
5.1%-45%

Economics

Economics indicators for Phillipsburg, NJ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,167/mo
Poverty Rate
20.2% +63% vs avg
Unemployment 7.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.6%
Work From Home 4.5%
Public Transit 2.3%

Population

White 65.8%
African American 16%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41%
Obesity
37.1%
High Blood Pressure
35.8%
Physical Inactivity
31.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Current Smoking
16.5%
Binge Drinking
15.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.9%
Diabetes
11.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.1%
Annual Checkup 75.9%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.6%
Stroke
3.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL
PHILLIPSBURG · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Phillipsburg?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Phillipsburg right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet NJ-PHILLIPSBURG · Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Phillipsburg; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Jersey state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Phillipsburg, NJ? ▼
Phillipsburg, NJ has a population of 14,515 people, located in Warren County, New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Phillipsburg? ▼
The median household income in Phillipsburg, NJ is $68,324 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.2%.
What is the median home value in Phillipsburg? ▼
The median home value in Phillipsburg, NJ is $193,200. Median rent is $1,167/month.
What are the top health concerns in Phillipsburg? ▼
The top health indicators in Phillipsburg include Short Sleep Duration (41%), Obesity (37.1%), High Blood Pressure (35.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Phillipsburg? ▼
Phillipsburg has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Phillipsburg? ▼
The median age in Phillipsburg, NJ is 39.6 years. 24.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Phillipsburg, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NJ (20.2% here).

Knoxville, TN 20.2% Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% Saint Cloud, MN 20.2% Rosenberg, TX 20.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NJ ($68,324 here).

Albuquerque, NM $68,317 Pawtucket, RI $68,310 Lancaster, TX $68,302 Waggaman, LA $68,374

Compare Phillipsburg with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Easton, PA 27K Bethlehem, PA 75K Fullerton, PA 15K East Stroudsburg, PA 10K Whitehall Township, PA 25K Allentown, PA 120K Emmaus, PA 11K Montgomeryville, PA 13K
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Using Phillipsburg's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Warren County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.