Jobs and earnings in Hopkins, and the trip to work
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 14% across Michigan. Only 3% stay in Hopkins for work; outside it, Grand Rapids is the main destination (8%, 24 miles). A typical one-way commute from Hopkins lasts 22 minutes (Michigan 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hopkins
Hopkins’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hopkins is Grand Rapids, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (23) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Hopkins
63% of Hopkins residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Hopkins pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Hopkins pay little
27% of the jobs based in Hopkins pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 286 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Hopkins works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Hopkins, services account for most jobs
311 jobs are based in Hopkins.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hopkins, 2011 → 2021: 215 → 311. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hopkins’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Hopkins, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 278 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 303 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 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Hopkins: the destinations
Where Hopkins clocks in
Lines 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.
Hopkins’ commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hopkins workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 373 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, 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 Hopkins: questions
What is the median household income in Hopkins?
$75,417 (±$16,075) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hopkins?
20.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hopkins?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hopkins work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (8%, 24 mi), Hopkins Township (7%, 3 mi), Byron Township (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Hopkins without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hopkins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hopkins
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.