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Phillipsburg, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Phillipsburg, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 29,840. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet PHILLIPSBURG-NJ · Phillipsburg, NJ 1 ZIPs · 29,840 pop · #9261/25278 · Warren County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $79,949
  • RANK-UPPER #9261/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Belvidere
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-SMALL 29,840
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $267,200

Nearest income peer: Belvidere, NJ (+ $5,573 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Phillipsburg

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Phillipsburg on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Phillipsburg, NJ sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 37%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
29,840
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$79,949
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 08865 (29,840 residents). Household income $79,949 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Phillipsburg as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Long Branch is the closest lower-income city and Newtonville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Phillipsburg.

Population concentration

Phillipsburg reads through its lone ZIP, 08865

29,840 ACS residents, one ZIP: 08865 is not the leading code inside Phillipsburg, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Phillipsburg's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 622 establishments, 10,532 employees , annual payroll $588,504k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 08865 (622 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (103) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Phillipsburg, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Warren County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Phillipsburg. See the Warren County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Warren County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Phillipsburg, Hackettstown, Washington and Blairstown among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Stewartsville marks the far end of that range at $161,168, 102% above Phillipsburg.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
08865 29,840 $79,949 622 268
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Phillipsburg roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Phillipsburg, .