the median income for a family was $48,935. Males had a median income of $32,149 versus $21,587 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,775. About 4.6% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over. Education Hamilton Community Unit School District #328 consists of Hamilton Elementary, Hamilton Junior High School, and Hamilton High School. The school's nickname is the Cardinals, but is switching over to Titans with the sports co-op with Warsaw and Nauvoo schools. The only sports that will still be "Cardinals" are Scholastic Bowl and Junior High and Elementary sports. In 2008, the newly co-oped West Hancock (Hamilton, Warsaw, Nauvoo-Colusa) Girls basketball team took first place in the IHSA Class 2A Championship. It is the first year of the co-op basketball team, and their first championship. Notable people Russell Lee Arms, actor and singer who starred on Your Hit Parade television program; lived in Hamilton at the end of his life John Brock, MLB catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals Alden W. Clausen, president of the World Bank and CEO of Bank of America References External links City of Hamilton official website Cities in Illinois Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River Cities in Hancock County, Illinois Populated places established in 1852 1852 establishments in Illinois