Hackettstown is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,125 people and four associated neighborhoods, Hackettstown is the 189th largest community in New Jersey.Hackettstown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hackettstown is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hackettstown who work in office and administrative support (13.10%), management occupations (10.44%), and sales jobs (8.42%). Also of interest is that Hackettstown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Hackettstown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.In addition, Hackettstown is a college town. There are a lot of students in Hackettstown attending college, and as a result Hackettstown provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. One downside of living in Hackettstown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.33 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Hackettstown citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.84% of adults in Hackettstown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Hackettstown in 2022 was $40,297, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,188 for a family of four. However, Hackettstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hackettstown is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hackettstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hackettstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hackettstown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.69% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hackettstown include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. In addition, Hackettstown has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.34%). The most common language spoken in Hackettstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
