Hamden, CT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hamden, CT: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 60,966. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet HAMDEN-CT · Hamden, CT 3 ZIPs · 60,966 pop · #4442/25278 · New Haven County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $100,047
  • RANK-TOP #4442/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Naugatuck
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-LOW 63% owners
  • POP-SMALL 60,966
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 06514→06518
  • HOME-MID $311,833

Nearest income peer: Naugatuck, CT ( $3,839 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Hamden

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hamden on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hamden, CT sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 18%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
60,966
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$100,047
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $100,047 and home value $311,833 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 49.1%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.7%) for this income tier, rent $1,735 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Connecticut, Rocky Hill is the closest lower-income city and Scotland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hamden.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Hamden differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Hamden: $88,900 in ZIP 06514 to $106,692 in 06518. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.2×

06514 to 06518

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.3×

06514 to 06517

Poverty-rate spread
2 points

06517 to 06514

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Hamden residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Hamden: the largest, 06514, is only about 43% of 60,966 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Hamden

Citywide ZBP: 1,309 establishments, 19,978 employees , annual payroll $1,068,985k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 06514 (547 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (254) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Hamden, CT

These ZIP codes sit in New Haven County, which covers 41 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Hamden. See the New Haven County roll-up →

Hamden lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing New Haven County: Milford, Wallingford and Cheshire earn more and New Haven, Waterbury and Meriden earn less. Waterbury marks the far end of that range at $45,657, 54% below Hamden.

Side-by-side: Compare 06514 vs 06518 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
06514 26,265 $88,900 547 905
06518 19,848 $106,692 522 469
06517 14,853 $104,550 240 1,124

Hamden roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Hamden, .