| Hamilton | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | New York |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
| Coordinates: | 42.8292°N -75.5528°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New York |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Madison |
| Established Title: | Territorial Subdivision |
| Leader Title: | Town Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Eve Ann Schwartz (D) [1] |
| Leader Title1: | Town Council |
| Leader Name1: | [2] |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 107.44 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 41.48 |
| Area Land Km2: | 107.14 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 41.37 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.30 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.12 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 6379 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 154.2 |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 36-053-31720 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
| Website: | http://www.townofhamiltonny.org |
Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,379 at the 2020 census. The town is named after American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, and is a college town, with Colgate University dominating the town's employment, culture and population.
The Town of Hamilton contains a village also named Hamilton. The village is on the county's border.
The location was formerly called Payne's Corners. The Town of Hamilton was established in 1795, before the county was formed, from the Town of Paris in Oneida County.[4] The original town was reduced to create new towns in the county.
The Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, an appendant body in Freemasonry, was founded in Hamilton in 1890.[5]
The southern town line is the border of Chenango County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 41.5 square miles (107.4 km), of which 41.4 square miles (107.1 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km) (0.28%) is water.
At the 2000 census there were 5,733 people, 1,546 households, and 935 families in the town. The population density was 138.6sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,725 housing units at an average density of 41.7sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the town was 93.65% White, 1.99% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 2.46% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.45% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.83%.[6]
Of the 1,546 households 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 29.6% of households were one person and 12.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.96.
The age distribution was 15.7% under the age of 18, 40.8% from 18 to 24, 16.8% from 25 to 44, 15.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% 65 or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males.
The median household income was $38,917 and the median family income was $50,565. Males had a median income of $31,500 versus $26,643 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,564. About 5.1% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.