Work & commute · Hopkinton

Work & commute in Hopkinton, RI

Most working residents leave Hopkinton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Westerly (12%), Providence (9%) and Richmond (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

286 of 4,043 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,757 Hopkinton residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 1,092 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hopkinton.

3,757live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

1,092work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hopkinton goes to work

Westerly11 mi away

12%498

Providence29.5 mi away

9%350

Hopkinton (in town)right here

7%286

Richmond4.7 mi away

7%284

South Kingstown11.9 mi away

7%264

Groton, CT16.8 mi away

6%245

North Kingstown17.2 mi away

6%245

Warwick23.3 mi away

5%222

Cranston24.5 mi away

4%156

Stonington, CT11.3 mi away

2%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,396

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.

28%

45%

22%

28%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hopkinton is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hopkinton are

1,378 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

1,378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Hopkinton residents hold

4,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+22%

Jobs based in Hopkinton, 2013 → 2023: 1,126 → 1,378. 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.