Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety92#1,316/15,637
Economy60#6,304/15,631
Housing26#11,145/14,977
Health80#3,155/15,609
Healthcare65#5,400/15,650
Environment65#5,415/15,453
Education76#3,765/15,649
Infrastructure52#7,502/15,650
Community73#4,252/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,521/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hackettstown, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Warren County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low10.6×
96/100New Jersey 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWarren County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.5
94/100New Jersey 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWarren County value
Violent crime rate · low70 /100k
94/100New Jersey 194 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWarren County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New Jersey 1.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWarren County value
Depression · low18.5%
91/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100New Jersey 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWarren County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.53%
1/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · high30.6 min
9/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100New Jersey 2.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Unemployment rate · high8.2%
16/100New Jersey 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high12.2%
25/100New Jersey 9.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Drought exposure · high68%
25/100New Jersey 61%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWarren County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
9,485 (2015-2019) → 10,140 (2020-2024)
+6.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
62.4% (2015-2019) → 45.7% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.5% (2015-2019) → 93.3% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$70,234 (2015-2019) → $93,083 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.1% (2015-2019) → 28.6% (2020-2024)
−4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hackettstown, New Jersey improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Inequality−0.0800.465 → 0.385
Rent burden−17 points62.4% → 45.7%
Rent / income−4.5 points33.1% → 28.6%
Household income+33%$70,234 → $93,083
Broadband+7.8 points85.5% → 93.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Hackettstown, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.6 min2015-2019	30.6 min2020-2024	+2.0 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%2015-2019	37.5%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	85.5%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Improved	48%
Child poverty rate	16.2%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Effective property tax rate	3.01%2015-2019	2.53%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4652015-2019	0.3852020-2024	−0.080	Improved	92%
Median household income	$70,2342015-2019	$93,0832020-2024	+33%	Improved	61%
Poverty rate	11.6%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent as share of income	33.1%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Improved	81%
Rent-burdened households	62.4%2015-2019	45.7%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	91%
Unemployment rate	6.8%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.4%2015-2019	12.2%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hackettstown, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hackettstown, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hackettstown, New Jersey itself moved +14.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

10,140 residents (±30)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (−2.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

10,140 residents (±30)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

White62%6,259
Black4.1%†415
Hispanic or Latino26%2,602
Asian5.9%†603
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†1
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.6%†260

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−8.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

6,578 residents (±265)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

No high school diploma6.5%†429
High school or GED29%1,901
Some college18%1,174
Associate degree9.2%606
Bachelor's degree23%1,500
Graduate degree15%968

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,841 households (±209)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k12%†442
$25k–50k14%†519
$50k–75k16%628
$75k–100k11%409
$100k–150k20%760
$150k–200k14%526
$200k or more15%557

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−9.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,841 households (±209)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own58%2,220
Rent42%1,621

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,597 households (±218)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $7507.3%†117
$750–1,0005.4%†87
$1,000–1,50041%658

Home values

2,220 homes (±210)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $150k4.2%†94
$150k–250k11%†244
$250k–400k49%1,084

Age of homes

3,875 homes (±216)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

2010 or later5.5%†213
2000–200910%398
1980–199916%639

Size of homes

3,875 homes (±216)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Studio2.1%†81
1 bedroom16%634
2 bedrooms27%1,057

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,255 workers (±298)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone71%3,722
Carpool7.4%†390
Public transit1.1%†57
Walk4.3%†228
Bike0.9%†47
Work from home13%678
Other2.5%†133

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

4,577 workers (±287)

Hackettstown, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under 15 min30%1,390
15–29 min27%1,254
30–44 min11%516

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Warren County, the county holding most of Hackettstown's residents.

Warren County has 2,286 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.81× New Jersey's), with 28,428 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,557. The Census Bureau also counts 8,901 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,286; 8,901 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 28,428
Average annual pay: $54,557; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Warren County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	193	17.3	0.83×About typical	2,037	$70,959	343
Restaurants and other eating places	189	16.9	0.92×About typical	2,274	$22,411	56
Specialty trade contractors	185	16.6	1.07×About typical	930	$63,930	677
Services to buildings and dwellings	95	8.5	1.26×More than typical	765	$42,778	501
Building equipment contractors	90	8.1	1.34×More than typical	367	$67,676	171
Full-service restaurants	87	7.8	1.01×About typical	1,065	$25,177	24
Limited-service restaurants	80	7.2	0.89×About typical	969	$19,715	22
Personal care services	75	6.7	1.41×More than typical	293	$23,870	193
Automotive repair and maintenance	74	6.6	1.32×More than typical	316	$50,114	116
Landscaping services	72	6.4	1.84×More than typical	186	$63,296	187
Construction of buildings	68	6.1	0.81×About typical	183	$81,546	294
Offices of other health practitioners	64	5.7	0.94×About typical	342	$44,848	191

Rank places for an industry Open Warren County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 111,651 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $111.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hackettstown, New Jersey: $11.01 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $111.6K; +108% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11.01; US $1,994
Sole-source: 7.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$111.6K100%

Top recipients

MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY US, LLC$103.7K93%
ROTAREX NORTH AMERICA INC$7,9137.1%

Spending by fiscal year

114KFY2017
46.3KFY2018
701.6KFY2019
67.1KFY2020
85KFY2021
220.7KFY2022
101.7KFY2023
60.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing · 3113$103.7K93%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$7,9137.1%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Hackettstown, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Hackettstown, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Warren County, NJ ($4.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hackettstown is mostly in Warren County.

See federal money in Warren County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hackettstown, New Jersey is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Thomas H. Kean, Jr.R-NJ-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 21.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Warren County87100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ74

Other cities and towns in Warren County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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