Editing Hamden, Connecticut (section)

==Economy==
===Top employers===
Top employers in Hamden according to the town's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hamden.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/290|title=Town of Hamden Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Fiscal Year July 1, 2022- June 30, 2023|publisher=Town of Hamden|access-date=February 17, 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|Town of Hamden/Board of Education
|1,612
|-
|2
|[[Quinnipiac University]]
| 850–900
|-
|3
|Arden House
|300–325
|-
|4
|Whitney Center
|300–325
|-
|5
|[[CT Transit]]
| 250–300
|-
|6
|AAA Hamden
|250–300
|-
|7
|ACES
|200–250
|-
|8
|[[Home Depot]]
| 150–200
|-
|9
|XL Care Agencies of CT
| 150–200
|-
|10
|[[Stop & Shop]]
|100–150
|}
The main industries in the town are retail trade, computer products, manufacture of wire and cable, concrete, pump mixer products, fabricated metals, construction and business services. Business services account for 49.4% of employment in the town, with retail trade accounting for 22.8%, and manufacturing accounting for 9.6%. The top four major employers are the Town government and school district, [[Quinnipiac University]], Harborside Health Care, and Area Cooperative Education Services (ACES).

[[Shaw's Supermarket]] was one of the top five major employers, but the Hamden Shaw's was sold to ShopRite in a sale of Shaw's Connecticut stores announced on February 13, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobile.courant.com/inf/infomo?view=business_and_technology_item&feed:a=courant_1min&feed:c=businesstech&feed:i=52198227&nopaging=1|title=Hartford Courant: Connecticut breaking news, UConn sports, business, entertainment, weather and traffic|website=mobile.courant.com|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref>  The Shaw's supermarket has been shut down and the new ShopRite store has opened.

Hamden is a residential suburb for New Haven, with more residents commuting to work in New Haven than residents working in Hamden.