The overall crime rate in Hamilton is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hamilton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hamilton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hamilton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hamilton may be for you.
Hamilton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Hamilton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.13% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hamilton in 2018 was $23,764, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,056 for a family of four. However, Hamilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hamilton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hamilton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hamilton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hamilton include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Hamilton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
