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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.77% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hackettstown, the average commute to work is 30.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The population of Hackettstown is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.
