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Hamtramck city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Hamtramck city is a Census city of 27,743 people across 2.09 square miles of land, in Wayne County. Median household income is $39,293, 58.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.4 m.
70 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Hamtramck
What Hamtramck is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.09 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land13,275
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamtramck
How many people live in Hamtramck
- Population27,743
- Median age26.5
- Population under 189,753
- Share under 1835.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,271
- Share 65 and over8.2 percent
- Households7,120
- Family households5,338
- Share of households that are families75.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamtramck
Income and work in Hamtramck
- Median household income$39,293
- Per capita income$14,915
- Civilian labor force8,699
- Employed7,563
- Unemployed1,136 plus or minus 281
- Unemployment rate13.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over14,472
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher65.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamtramck
Housing in Hamtramck
- Housing units8,371
- Occupied units7,120
- Vacant units1,251
- Vacancy rate14.9 percent
- Owner occupied4,154
- Renter occupied2,966
- Ownership rate58.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$131,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$989
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.2 percent
- Single family units5,751
- Share single family68.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,552
- Share in buildings of two or more30.5 percent
- Mobile homes68 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamtramck
How Hamtramck gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,719
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,634
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,154
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.1 percent
- Drove alone70.0 percent
- Carpooled14.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked3.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home9.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamtramck
SBA loans in Hamtramck (7(a))
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$5,390,100
- Average approval$317,065
- Median approval$52,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$250,000
- Largest approval$4,000,000
- Jobs supported208
- Jobs per approval12.2
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full3
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.9 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hamtramck
Flood risk in Hamtramck
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260308
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Wayne County, not Hamtramck
Wayne County context, not Hamtramck figures
These are Wayne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hamtramck measurements.
- Establishments in Wayne County33,699
- Employment at those establishments, Wayne County665,558
- Covered employment, Wayne County725,504
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$76,411
- Average weekly wage, Wayne County$1,469
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County2,629
- Of those, single family, Wayne County1,058
- County product, 2024, Wayne County$129,920,105,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wayne County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wayne County$60,504
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hamtramck. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Hamtramck questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hamtramck, Michigan?
27,743, in 7,120 households. Hamtramck city covers 2.09 square miles of land, which is 13,275 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hamtramck in?
Wayne County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Hamtramck?
$39,293. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $131,000. Median gross rent is $989 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hamtramck businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $5.4 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $52,900. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hamtramck, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hamtramck borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hamtramck. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Hamtramck in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Hamtramck appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260308, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Hamtramck figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Hamtramck.
Is zoning published for Hamtramck?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.