About Hamel

Hamel is a somewhat small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 5,976 people and just one neighborhood, Hamel is the 127th largest community in Minnesota.

Unlike some towns , Hamel isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hamel are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hamel is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hamel who work in management occupations (16.63%), office and administrative support jobs (15.35%), and sales jobs (11.94%).

Also of interest is that Hamel has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Hamel is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Hamel is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Hamel a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Hamel has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Hamel's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Hamel is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Hamel isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.85% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Hamel is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hamel Information and Demographics

The population of Hamel is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 32.96% of adults in Hamel have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hamel in 2000 was $38,583, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,332 for a family of four. However, Hamel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Hamel home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hamel is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hamel include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, Finnish, English, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Hamel is English.