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Hamden is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 60,923 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Hamden is the 12th largest community in Connecticut.
Hamden is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.89% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hamden is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hamden who work in office and administrative support (11.04%), teaching (10.48%), and management occupations (9.34%).
Also of interest is that Hamden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Hamden is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Hamden enrolled in college, Hamden has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Not only is Hamden a town with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, shaping the character of the town into a place that is geared toward, and considered attractive to, many single, educated people. Many singles consider Hamden a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Hamden is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Hamden area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
The education level of Hamden ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Hamden, 46.04% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Hamden in 2018 was $38,228, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,912 for a family of four. However, Hamden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hamden is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hamden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hamden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hamden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.03% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hamden include Italian, Irish, English, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Hamden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.