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. One downside of living in Hamburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.13 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small borough, Hamburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.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. Hamburg also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.34%. The most common language spoken in Hamburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
