Housing density: 194 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $495,592.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,498 (lower quartile is $1,121, upper quartile is $1,901)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,870
Median gross rent in Hamilton, MA in 2022: $1,632
Housing units in Hamilton with a mortgage: 1,427 (65 second mortgage, 229 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 566
In family households: 606,990 (122,043 male householders, 65,962 female householders)
136,841 spouses, 221,565 children (210,337 natural, 5,012 adopted, 6,216 stepchildren), 11,988 grandchildren, 7,913 brothers or sisters, 8,558 parents, foster children, 9,566 other relatives, 17,265 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 119,697 (41,801 male householders (32,274 living alone)), 56,150 female householders (48,012 living alone)), 21,746 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 16,472 (6,766 institutionalized population)
125,244 married couples with children.
42,832 single-parent households (7,363 men, 35,469 women).
94.3% of residents of Hamilton speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 33% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 615 (6.6%)
(53.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Hamilton, Massachusetts
1141995 to March 2000
441990 to 1994
61985 to 1989
171980 to 1984
341975 to 1979
91970 to 1974
331965 to 1969
62Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
English: 2,021 (21.2%)
Irish: 1,947 (20.4%)
Italian: 986 (10.3%)
Other: 943 (9.9%)
French: 662 (6.9%)
German: 605 (6.3%)
Scottish: 480 (5.0%)
United States: 344 (3.6%)
Polish: 256 (2.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 228 (2.4%)
Swedish: 227 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 191 (2.0%)
Russian: 157 (1.6%)
Norwegian: 136 (1.4%)
Dutch: 104 (1.1%)
Welsh: 65 (0.7%)
Greek: 36 (0.4%)
Czech: 30 (0.3%)
Arab: 25 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.2%)
Swiss: 13 (0.1%)
Danish: 9 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.09%)
Slovak: 8 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.06%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Korea
Hamilton:
23.2% (74)
Massachusetts:
1.7% (13,456)
Canada
Hamilton:
15.0% (48)
Massachusetts:
5.2% (40,247)
Japan
Hamilton:
14.7% (47)
Massachusetts:
1.1% (8,682)
United Kingdom
Hamilton:
12.2% (39)
Massachusetts:
3.3% (25,403)
Other Eastern Europe
Hamilton:
6.9% (22)
Massachusetts:
1.6% (12,350)
Poland
Hamilton:
6.3% (20)
Massachusetts:
1.8% (13,543)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Hamilton:
5.0% (16)
Massachusetts:
5.1% (39,255)
Ireland
Hamilton:
4.7% (15)
Massachusetts:
2.3% (17,987)
France
Hamilton:
2.8% (9)
Massachusetts:
0.8% (5,895)
Germany
Hamilton:
2.8% (9)
Massachusetts:
1.9% (14,883)
Dominican Republic
Hamilton:
2.8% (9)
Massachusetts:
6.0% (46,744)
Spain
Hamilton:
1.9% (6)
Massachusetts:
0.3% (1,984)
Laos
Hamilton:
1.6% (5)
Massachusetts:
0.4% (3,048)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 5,737
Other state: 2,162
Northeast: 1,150
Midwest: 446
South: 321
West: 245
64% of Hamilton residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Massachusetts.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 39
Nursery to 4th grade: 5
5th and 6th grade: 8
7th and 8th grade: 29
9th grade: 14
10th grade: 21
11th grade: 49
12th grade, no diploma: 27
High school graduate (or equivalency): 415
Less than 1 year of college: 102
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 311
Associate degree: 93
Bachelor's degree: 928
Master's degree: 434
Professional school degree: 118
Doctorate degree: 56
Education attainment for females 25 years and older: