Hamlet is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 841 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Hamlet is the 349th largest community in Indiana.

When you are in Hamlet, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.1% of Hamlet's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Hamlet is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hamlet who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.97%), sales jobs (7.69%), and management occupations (6.55%).

Hamlet is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Hamlet 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. 98.19% 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.

Hamlet 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.

Hamlet Information and Demographics

The population of Hamlet has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.16% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Hamlet in 2000 was $12,811, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $51,244 for a family of four.

The people who call Hamlet home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hamlet is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hamlet include German, Irish, English, Scottish, Italian, French, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Hamlet is English. Some people also speak Spanish.