One downside of living in Hamburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hamburg, the average commute to work is 33.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small borough, Hamburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
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.
