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Hammonton, NJ
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Living in Hammonton



Hammonton is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 14,833 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Hammonton is the 132nd largest community in New Jersey.

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

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hammonton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hammonton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hammonton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hammonton may be for you.

The percentage of people in Hammonton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.08% of adults in Hammonton have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hammonton in 2018 was $38,712, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,848 for a family of four. However, Hammonton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hammonton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hammonton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hammonton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hammonton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.54% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hammonton include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Hammonton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.