Town · Steuben County, Indiana

Hamilton, Indiana

Hamilton is a town in Steuben County, Indiana, part of the Angola, IN metro area. It has 1,939 residents. Hamilton, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 55 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,071 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #84 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), rent-burdened households (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), pharmacies (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

55Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,071 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #84 of 353 in IN
Population: 1,939 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 923.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1830594

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety86#2,143/15,637
Economy45#8,598/15,631
Housing87#1,919/14,977
Health44#8,702/15,609
Healthcare48#8,178/15,650
Environment48#8,072/15,453
Education59#6,390/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,431/15,650
Community46#8,434/15,651
Leisure & amenities43#8,920/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hamilton, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Steuben County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low38 /100k
99/100Indiana 254 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSteuben County value
Rent-burdened households · low30.7%
97/100Indiana 48.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Preventable hospital stays · low1,493 /100k
96/100Indiana 3,202 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSteuben County value
Social associations · high16.0 /10k
94/100Indiana 11.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSteuben County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Indiana 5.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSteuben County value
Natural hazard risk · low5.0
92/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencySteuben County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low81.4%
3/100Indiana 89.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
10/100Indiana 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSteuben County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low53.9%
13/100Indiana 76.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSteuben County value
Depression · high27.8%
14/100Indiana 25.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · low$973
14/100Indiana $1,251United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSteuben County value
Primary care physicians · low35 /100k
16/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSteuben County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,500 (2015-2019) → 1,939 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
15.8% (2015-2019) → 5.8% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 4.3× (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
11.9% (2015-2019) → 3.6% (2020-2024)
−8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
36.5% (2015-2019) → 30.7% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
12.1% (2015-2019) → 7.3% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hamilton, Indiana improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Uninsured−8.3 points11.9% → 3.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Hamilton, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.5 min2015-2019	27.8 min2020-2024	+3.3 min	Within the margin of error	18%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Broadband subscriptions	80.3%2015-2019	81.4%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	93.6%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+1.3×	Within the margin of error	12%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4812015-2019	0.4682020-2024	−0.012	Within the margin of error	62%
Median household income	$56,3462015-2019	$69,7612020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	41%
Poverty rate	12.1%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent as share of income	23.8%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent-burdened households	36.5%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.9%2015-2019	3.6%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Improved	94%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hamilton, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hamilton, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hamilton, Indiana itself moved −6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,939 residents (±232)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

897 households (±131)

Hamilton, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k16%†147
$25k–50k17%†155
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

897 households (±131)

Hamilton, Indiana
Indiana share

Own71%633
Rent29%†264

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

888 workers (±150)

Hamilton, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone88%781
Carpool4.5%†40
Public transit0.4%†4

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Angola, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Steuben County, the county holding most of Hamilton's residents.

Steuben County has 965 employer establishments, 277 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.22× Indiana's), with 14,322 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,335. The Census Bureau also counts 2,416 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 965; 2,416 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 277; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 14,322
Average annual pay: $44,335; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Steuben County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	69	19.8	1.08×About typical	1,203	$18,732	8
Specialty trade contractors	56	16.1	1.04×About typical	237	$55,549	196
Ambulatory health care services	52	14.9	0.72×Fewer than typical	574	$62,125	54
Religious organizations	41	11.8	2.12×More than typical	159	$24,686	—
Full-service restaurants	37	10.6	1.38×More than typical	503	$22,871	—
Construction of buildings	36	10.3	1.37×More than typical	153	$57,209	97
Lessors of real estate	36	10.3	0.84×About typical	85	$35,400	319
Truck transportation	32	9.2	1.81×More than typical	433	$67,945	112
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	31	8.9	5.56×More than typical	1,363	$56,381	12
Automotive repair and maintenance	27	7.7	1.54×More than typical	186	$45,242	39
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	7.7	1.15×About typical	89	$45,225	160
Limited-service restaurants	26	7.5	0.93×About typical	611	$15,980	—

Rank places for an industry Open Steuben County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,876 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hamilton, Indiana: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

54.2FY2017
-10.7FY2020

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Hamilton, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Hamilton, Indiana's figures are part of those of Steuben County, IN and DeKalb County, IN ($1.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hamilton is mostly in Steuben County.

See federal money in Steuben County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hamilton, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Marlin A. StutzmanR-IN-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Angola, IN67

Other cities and towns in Steuben County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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