In addition, Hamden is a college town. There are a lot of students in Hamden attending college, and as a result Hamden provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to 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, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Hamden is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Hamden a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
The education level of Hamden ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Hamden, 47.53% 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 $43,753, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,012 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 13.66% 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.
