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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hamburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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. Being a small borough, Hamburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Hamburg is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.93% of adults in Hamburg have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Hamburg's cultural character, accounting for 19.34% of the borough’s population. The most common language spoken in Hamburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
