Hopkinton is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) comprising the central village in the town of Hopkinton, Middlesex County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 2,651 at the 2020 census, out of 18,758 in the entire town.

Geography

Hopkinton village is located in southwestern Middlesex County, at the center of the town of Hopkinton.

Massachusetts Route 135 Route 135 is a east-west state highway in eastern Massachusetts. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 20 in Northborough and the eastern terminus is at I-95 and Route 128 in Dedham. The first of the Boston Marathon, from Hopkinton to ...

passes through the community as Main Street, leading northeastward to

Framingham Framingham () is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers with a popula ...

and northwest the same distance to

Westborough Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,567 at the 2020 census, in over 7,000 households. Incorporated in 1717, the town is governed under the New England open town meeting system, headed ...

Massachusetts Route 85 Route 85 is a north–south state highway in Massachusetts, United States. It passes through the heart of Boston's MetroWest region, through towns on the eastern edge of Worcester County and western edge of Middlesex County, crossing th ...

runs through the village as Cedar Street and Grove Street, leading north to Southborough and south to

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. Interstate 495 passes west of the village, with access from Route 30. I-495 leads north to

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and southeast to

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. According to the

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, the Hopkinton CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.20%, are water. The village sits on a hill which drains north toward Indian Brook and east toward Cold Spring Brook, both tributaries of the

Sudbury River The Sudbury River is a tributary of the Concord River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 Origin ...

, part of the

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watershed leading north to the

Merrimack River The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into M ...

Demographics

As of the

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of 2020, there were 2,651 people, 1,002 households, and 662 families residing in the CDP. The

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was . There were 1,058 housing units, 56 of which were recorded as vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.31%

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, 1.32%

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, 0.08% Native American, 5.36% Asian, 0.11%

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, 1.92% some other race, and 6.90% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 5.09% of the population. Of the 1,002 households in the CDP, 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

living together, 25.6% were a female householder with no spouse or partner present, and 15.2% were a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50, and the average family size was 3.27. In the CDP 21.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% were from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males. As of the period 2017–2021, the median income for a household in the CDP was $149,677, and the median income for a family was over $250,000. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...

for the CDP was $99,714. About 2.4% of the population were below the

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, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

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