Work & commute · Hopkinton

Work & commute in Hopkinton, MA

Most working residents leave Hopkinton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (15%), Framingham (5%) and Cambridge (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

901 of 8,607 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,706 Hopkinton residents head out of town to work, 901 work right here, and 8,617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hopkinton.

7,706live here, work elsewhere

901live and work here

8,617work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hopkinton goes to work

Boston28 mi away

15%1,320

Hopkinton (in town)right here

10%901

Framingham7.9 mi away

5%459

Cambridge24 mi away

4%359

Westborough4.8 mi away

4%344

Worcester14 mi away

4%338

Marlborough8.7 mi away

3%296

Waltham19 mi away

3%271

Natick10.7 mi away

3%243

Milford4.6 mi away

3%235

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%3,841

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hopkinton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

42%

21%

33%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hopkinton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hopkinton are

9,518 jobs are based in Hopkinton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hopkinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hopkinton

9,518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Hopkinton residents hold

8,607 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−14%

Jobs based in Hopkinton, 2013 → 2023: 11,106 → 9,518. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.