Cochituate vs Hopkinton

A side-by-side comparison of Cochituate and Hopkinton: population, income, housing, and more.

Cochituate and Hopkinton are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cochituate has the higher population (6,688 vs 3,142 in Hopkinton). Cochituate has the higher median household income ($190,938 vs $173,750 in Hopkinton). Cochituate has the higher median home value ($862,000 vs $601,900 in Hopkinton).

Population, income & housing

	Cochituate	Hopkinton
Population	6,688	3,142
Median age	44.8 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$190,938	$173,750
Median home value	$862,000	$601,900
Median gross rent	$1,705	$1,053
Housing units	2,529	1,173
Homeownership rate	88.3%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.0%	66.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cochituate	Hopkinton
Population	7,226 → 6,688 (-7.4%)	3,098 → 3,142 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$162,390 → $190,938 (+17.6%)	$112,014 → $173,750 (+55.1%)
Median home value	$648,600 → $862,000 (+32.9%)	$497,400 → $601,900 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,705 (+117.5%)	$1,653 → $1,053 (-36.3%)

Cochituate

Population

7,2266,688

Median household income

$162,390$190,938

Median home value

$648,600$862,000

Median gross rent

$784$1,705

Hopkinton

Population

3,0983,142

Median household income

$112,014$173,750

Median home value

$497,400$601,900

Median gross rent

$1,653$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cochituate	Hopkinton
Under 5	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	6.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	26.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.2%
75 and over	7.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cochituate	Hopkinton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cochituate	Hopkinton
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.9%
High school graduate	7.4%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	45.7%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cochituate	Hopkinton
Drove alone	60.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.2%
Public transit	1.8%	1.2%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	16.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cochituate	Hopkinton
1-unit, detached	79.6%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cochituate	Hopkinton
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1957	1954