Photo: Amy Ritterbusch · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Hopkinton’s
For jobs and income Hopkinton is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Hopkinton is among the highest-earning towns in the country. 2.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.0% across Massachusetts.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hopkinton and work: the main findings
Hopkinton trades workers with the towns around it
Hopkinton has about as many jobs (9,494) as working residents (8,747), but they are mostly different people: 7,869 residents leave for work each day while 8,616 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Hopkinton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Hopkinton works from home
34% of Hopkinton workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
78% of Hopkinton’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 81% of the jobs based in Hopkinton. The jobs ↓
Hopkinton draws workers from far and wide
The 9,494 jobs in Hopkinton are filled from a wide area. Hopkinton’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 25%; the other 66% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Hopkinton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hopkinton is Boston, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (1,354) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Hopkinton’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hopkinton is among the top U.S. towns, #5 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income is its strongest input ($222,801, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hopkinton stays A+.
How many people are in Hopkinton by day
On a workday 7,869 residents head out to work, 878 work right here, and 8,616 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 36 minutes each way for Hopkinton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hopkinton workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,657 commuters (the 34% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A place that makes things: 43% of Hopkinton’s jobs are in goods
9,494 jobs are based in Hopkinton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hopkinton, 2014 → 2024: 10,212 → 9,494. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hopkinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
15% of working residents work in Boston
Where Hopkinton clocks in
15% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Hopkinton goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Hopkinton is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,025 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 8% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Hopkinton households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Hopkinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hopkinton next to U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000: 22nd of 1,860 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 12 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
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| 20 | Geneva IL | 21,138 | $144K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 21 | Riverside Township IL | 16,083 | $122K | 4.5% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| 22 | Hopkinton MA | 19,866 | $223K | 2.5% | 2.3% | 10% | A+ |
| 23 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 24 | Franconia VA | 18,335 | $152K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Hingham MA | 24,481 | $178K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A+ |
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| 59 | Reading MA | 25,803 | $166K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hopkinton, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Hopkinton and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Westborough (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hopkinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkinton | – | A+ | B+ | 36 min | $222,801 |
| Southborough | under 3% | A | A | 32 min | $196,808 |
| Cordaville | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Upton | under 3% | A− | C | 35 min | $155,508 |
| Westborough | 4% | A | A− | 29 min | $141,944 |
| Ashland | under 3% | A | A− | 37 min | $127,539 |
| Holliston | under 3% | A | B− | 34 min | $159,817 |
| Milford | 3% | B+ | B+ | 37 min | $96,365 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cordaville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hopkinton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hopkinton: questions
What is the median household income in Hopkinton?
$222,801 (±$21,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hopkinton?
2.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hopkinton?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hopkinton work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (15%, 28 mi), Framingham (5%, 8 mi), Worcester (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hopkinton walkable?
Hopkinton is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hopkinton without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hopkinton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hopkinton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.