Hamburg is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 3,331 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hamburg is the 373rd largest community in New Jersey.Unlike some boroughs, Hamburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hamburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hamburg is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hamburg who work in sales jobs (15.03%), business and financial occupations (10.42%), and management occupations (10.03%). Also of interest is that Hamburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.94% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Hamburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.13 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Hamburg is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Hamburg ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Hamburg, 40.93% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Hamburg in 2022 was $53,472, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $213,888 for a family of four. However, Hamburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hamburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Hamburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hamburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hamburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.48% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hamburg include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English. In addition, Hamburg has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.34%). The most common language spoken in Hamburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
