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A town of 7,600 people in Essex County, Massachusetts
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George v L Meyer and son1917
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George v L Meyer and son, 1917

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About Hamilton

Town in Massachusetts, United States
1638Established
7,561Population
14.9 sq miArea
49 ftElevation

Hamilton 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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Living in Hamilton

Housing in Hamilton

$886K▲ 1.4% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

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

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market35
Sale-to-list101.4%
Sold in May6
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Safety in Hamilton

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Safety Grade A

Hamilton reports less crime per resident than 92% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Hamilton 0.7
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Hamilton 2.6
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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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.

#36Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictHamilton-WenhamSchools4

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.

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