Hackettstown is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Hackettstown enrolled in college, Hackettstown has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
In Hackettstown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.33 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Hackettstown's cultural character, accounting for 17.34% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Hackettstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
