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.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
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.
- Waterbury · lowest $45,657
Waterbury · lowest
$45,657 median HH income
- East Haven · near
East Haven · near
$96,146 median HH income
- Naugatuck · near
Naugatuck · near
$96,208 median HH income
- Hamden · this city
Hamden · this city
$100,047 median HH income
- Wallingford · near
Wallingford · near
$105,061 median HH income
- Branford · near
Branford · near
$105,225 median HH income
- Cheshire · highest
Cheshire · highest
$145,179 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.
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×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 2 points
06514 to 06518
06514 to 06517
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) .
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 →
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, .