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Hamilton, WA map Population (year 2000): 309. Estimated population in July 2006: 361 (+16.8% change)
 

Males: 173  (56.0%)
Females: 136  (44.0%)

Skagit County

Median resident age:  35.8 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: .


Estimated median household income in 2005: $36,300 (it was $31,500 in 2000)
Hamilton  $36,300
Washington:  $49,262

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $133,700 (it was $96,400 in 2000)
Hamilton  $133,700
Washington:  $227,700

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Races in Hamilton:

  • White Non-Hispanic (90.9%)
  • American Indian (4.5%)
  • Hispanic (2.9%)
  • Two or more races (2.3%)
  • Other race (1.6%)
  • Asian Indian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: Irish (15.9%), German (15.2%), United States (14.2%), English (13.3%), Norwegian (8.7%), Scotch-Irish (7.8%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Incorporated in 1891

Elevation: 150 feet

Land area: 0.99 square miles.

Population density: 366 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Hamilton

  • High school or higher: 70.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
  • Unemployed: 12.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 37.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Hamilton town

  • Never married: 17.3%
  • Now married: 56.4%
  • Separated: 1.8%
  • Widowed: 5.3%
  • Divorced: 19.1%

9 residents are foreign born (1.3% Asia, 0.6% Europe, 0.6% North America, 0.3% Latin America).

This town:  2.9%
Washington:  10.4%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Hamilton, Washington in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Hamilton to the number of sex offenders is 181 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Hamilton:  0.8% ($771)
Washington:  1.1% ($1,915)
Hamilton satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bellingham, WA (36.8 miles , pop. 67,171).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (64.1 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (1029.1 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Lyman, WA (4.9 miles ), Cavanaugh, WA (10.1 miles ), Lake Cavanaugh, WA (14.0 miles) , Samish, WA (15.5 miles ), Concrete, WA (16.6 miles ), Sedro-Woolley, WA (17.0 miles ), Clear Lake, WA (17.5 miles ), Oso, WA (18.2 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings
  • 2007: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 48.53 N, Longitude: 121.99 W


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Population change in the 1990s: +60 (+24.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (16%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Wood products (11%)
  • Food and beverage stores (10%)
  • Social assistance (9%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)
  • Printing and related support activities (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (26%)
  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Social assistance (11%)
  • U. S. Postal service (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Private households (8%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (19%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Other healthcare support occupations (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (4%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Hamilton:
  • CASCADE VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; ARLINGTON, WA)
  • AFFILIATED HEALTH SERVICES (about 27 miles; MOUNT VERNON, WA)
  • ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 38 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Hamilton:
  • BELLINGHAM INTL (about 42 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; ID: BLI)
  • SNOHOMISH COUNTY (PAINE FLD) (about 48 miles; EVERETT, WA; ID: PAE)
  • BOEING FIELD/KING COUNTY INTL (about 73 miles; SEATTLE, WA; ID: BFI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hamilton:
  • CONCRETE MUNI (about 17 miles; CONCRETE, WA; ID: 3W5)
  • FLOATHAVEN (about 28 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; ID: 0W7)
  • ARLINGTON MUNI (about 29 miles; ARLINGTON, WA; ID: AWO)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hamilton:
  • SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; MT VERNON, WA; Full-time enrollment: 3,420)
  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
  • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
  • EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; EVERETT, WA; FT enrollment: 3,970)
  • EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 54 miles; LYNNWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 4,953)
  • LAKE WASHINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 58 miles; KIRKLAND, WA; FT enrollment: 2,328)
  • SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (about 64 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,489)

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Average household size:
This town:  2.6 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  69.2%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  14.5%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  22.8%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  11.4%
Whole state:  4.6%

Hamilton compared to Washington state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School



Hamilton travel time to work


Hamilton mode of transportation to work chart



Most commonly used house heating fuel:



Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Water Supply 1$1,968$23,6160$0
Firefighters 0$0 1$75
Other Government Administration 0$0 8$1,800
Totals for Government 1$1,968$23,6169$1,875


Hamilton government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $1,000
  • Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $23,000
    General - Other: $21,000
    Regular Highways: $20,000
    Water Utilities: $19,000
    Fire Protection: $11,000
    Financial Administration: $8,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $5,000
    Parks & Recreation: $5,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $153,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $6,000
    Interest Earnings: $2,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $143,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $66,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $18,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $7,000
    General Support: $3,000
    All Other: $1,000
  • Tax - Property: $33,000
    Total General Sales: $13,000
    Public Utilities: $13,000
    Other Selective Sales: $4,000
    NEC: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $28,000

8.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,767 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.09%
Washington average:  7.86%

0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($936 average AGI)
Skagit County:  0.20%
Washington average:  0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Snohomish County, WA  1.32% ($42,390 average AGI)
from Whatcom County, WA  1.06% ($40,460)
from King County, WA  0.84% ($59,633)


6.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,564 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.76%
Washington average:  7.07%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($540 average AGI)
Skagit County:  0.12%
Washington average:  0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Snohomish County, WA  1.23% ($42,823 average AGI)
to Whatcom County, WA  0.85% ($31,050)
to King County, WA  0.74% ($32,387)


Strongest AM radio stations in Hamilton:
  • KAPS (660 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KRKO (1380 AM; 50 kW; EVERETT, WA; Owner: S-R BROADCASTING, CO.)
  • KRPI (1550 AM; 50 kW; FERNDALE, WA; Owner: BBC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KARI (550 AM; 25 kW; BLAINE, WA; Owner: WAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KPUG (1170 AM; 10 kW; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Hamilton:
  • K206CU (89.1 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KSVR (91.7 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE)
  • K205DL (88.9 FM; GRANITE FALLS/EVERET, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K201FH (88.1 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K210CN (89.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KISM (92.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KWPZ (106.5 FM; LYNDEN, WA; Owner: CRISTA MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KAFE (104.3 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KISW (99.9 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KQBZ (100.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KMTT (103.7 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KNDD (107.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)


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