Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Hopkinton is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 6th of 125 graded towns in New Hampshire. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household earns $137K. Its lowest mark, a C+, is in cost of living. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 6 places on the National Register. 29% of the land in Hopkinton is conserved, against 18% in New Hampshire’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Hopkinton-Everett Reservoir, at 2,666 acres with 18.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 9 of the 125 New Hampshire towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Hopkinton.
Where Hopkinton beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,715 in 1790, a low of 1,438 in 1920, 5,914 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1901 and 4 maps from 1927 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Hampshire), ordered by how far Hopkinton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hopkinton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Hopkinton.
Hopkinton sees little violent crime and has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of New Hampshire.
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Hopkinton’s property crime rate is 3.1 per 1,000 residents, close to New Hampshire’s towns (4.5) and below U.S. towns (9.9).
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Hopkinton School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Martin SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 269 | B+ |
| Hopkinton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 284 | A |
| Maple Street Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 219 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests and graduation
27% of adults feel lonely in Hopkinton. Hopkinton beats the New Hampshire average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Hopkinton.
| Hopkinton | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hopkinton | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.8% | 9.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 9.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
58 miles of trail in 23 parks and preserves. The trail density in Hopkinton is 1.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hopkinton-Everett Reservoir | 18.5 mi | 2,666 |
| 2. Mast Yard State Forest | 3 mi | 591 |
| 3. Elm Brook Park | 2.8 mi | 144 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1987, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hopkinton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 82°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 78% of New Hampshire places with climate records; January nights average 12.4°.
Hopkinton has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Hopkinton’s January low is 12°F. About 68 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Hopkinton | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 12°F | 13°F | 22°F |
| July high | 82°F | 81°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Hopkinton for work: only 14% work in town. Since 2013, Hopkinton has added 496 jobs, to 2,161 in 2023. The top destinations are Concord (25%), Manchester (11%) and Bedford (3%).
| Hopkinton | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $137,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Hopkinton home is worth about $573,000, up 8.1% in a year, 12% above the New Hampshire typical home. 87% of Hopkinton households own their home.
| Hopkinton | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 82% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,270 a month | $1,393 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hopkinton. Close and well known come first.
33 mi LakeLake Winnipesaukee
31 mi MountainMount Monadnock
35 mi Ancient siteAmerica's Stonehenge
36 mi Theme parkCanobie Lake Park
19 mi Stadium & arenaSNHU Arena6 mi Ski areaPats Peak39 runs · 751 ft verticalLake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canobie Lake Park: Alex1961, CC BY-SA 2.0 · SNHU Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Hopkinton
About 8 of every 100 Hopkinton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Hampshire.
6 places in Hopkinton on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Hopkinton.
Town in New Hampshire, United States
Hopkinton is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,914 at the 2020 census. The town has three distinct communities: Hopkinton village, mainly a residential area in the center of the town; Contoocook, the town's business hub, located in the north; and West Hopkinton, within the more agricultural portion of the town. The town is home to the Hopkinton State Fair, adjacent to Contoocook village, and to the historic Contoocook Railroad Depot and the Contoocook Railroad Bridge, the oldest covered railroad bridge in the United States.
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7 towns share a border with Hopkinton.
At #6 in NH, it grades higher overall than all 6 graded towns on its borders; Bow (A) comes closest.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkinton | #6 | A+ | C+ | A+ | A− | A |
| Concord | #98 | C+ | C− | B− | C− | A− |
| Bow | #16 | A | C− | A | A− | A+ |
| Henniker | #34 | A− | C+ | A− | B− | A |
| Warner | #30 | A− | C | A+ | B | A |
| Webster | — | — | C | — | B− | A− |
| Dunbarton | #35 | A− | C | A | B | A |
| Weare | #74 | B | C− | A | C− | A |
Webster has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Webster reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Hopkinton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Hopkinton grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #6 of 125 in New Hampshire. It grades A for health, A+ for safety and A− for schools.
That is 5.9 years of the area's median household income ($97,004 across the Concord, NH area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
9 notable people were born here, including Stephen Harriman Long and Alvan Flanders.
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