Hamilton
What’s happening
Weather
Forecast →Upcoming events
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Local news
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The Hamilton album
Outdoors in Hamilton
Parks & trails →Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1917
George v L Meyer and son, 1917
Photo · Wikimedia Commons
About Hamilton
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesHamilton is a town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,561. Notably, the town has no industrially-zoned land. Although Hamilton is a landlocked town in the North Shore region of Massachusetts, its proximity to it provides easy access to the Atlantic seashore with its reservations, beaches and boating. Hamilton is closely tied to neighboring Wenham, sharing a school system, library, recreation department, and commuter rail station.
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How Hamilton ranks
All →Town numbers
Housing in Hamilton
The typical Hamilton home is worth about $886,000, up 1.4% in a year, 34% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Hamilton
Safety Grade A
Hamilton reports less crime per resident than 92% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Hamilton
All Hamilton schools →School Grade A
The public schools Hamilton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Hamilton is
Explore map →Imported town boundary