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!) Hadley 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. Hadley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hadley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hadley may be for you.
Being a small town, Hadley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Hadley with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.70% of adults in Hadley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hadley in 2018 was $32,921, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,684 for a family of four. However, Hadley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hadley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hadley residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hadley include English, Irish, French, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Hadley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
