The percentage of adults in Hamtramck who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.14% of the adults in Hamtramck have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hamtramck in 2018 was $14,776, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,104 for a family of four. However, Hamtramck contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hamtramck also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.75% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hamtramck is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hamtramck home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hamtramck residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hamtramck include Other Arab, Polish, Yugoslavian, Ukrainian, and Irish.
Hamtramck also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 42.37%.
The most common language spoken in Hamtramck is Arabic. Other important languages spoken here include English and Serbo-Croatian.
