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Phillipsburg, NJ
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Living in Phillipsburg



Phillipsburg is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 15,320 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Phillipsburg is the 125th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Phillipsburg was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Also of interest is that Phillipsburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The population of Phillipsburg overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Phillipsburg, 21.42% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Phillipsburg in 2018 was $33,659, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,636 for a family of four. However, Phillipsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Phillipsburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Phillipsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Phillipsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Phillipsburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.11% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Phillipsburg include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Hungarian.

The most common language spoken in Phillipsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.