Hammonton is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 14,833 people and five associated neighborhoods, Hammonton is the 132nd largest community in New Jersey.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hammonton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hammonton is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hammonton who work in office and administrative support (9.96%), teaching (9.91%), and food service (8.45%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.63% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hammonton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hammonton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.In terms of college education, Hammonton is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.30% of adults in Hammonton have a college degree. The per capita income in Hammonton in 2022 was $43,688, 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 $174,752 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 24.69% 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.
