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 citizens of Hamburg are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.93% of adults in Hamburg have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's 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.
