Hopkinton vs Maynard

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

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

Maynard has the higher population (10,663 vs 3,142 in Hopkinton). Hopkinton has the higher median household income ($173,750 vs $119,549 in Maynard). Hopkinton has the higher median home value ($601,900 vs $494,200 in Maynard).

Population, income & housing

	Hopkinton	Maynard
Population	3,142	10,663
Median age	50.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$173,750	$119,549
Median home value	$601,900	$494,200
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,678
Housing units	1,173	4,845
Homeownership rate	80.1%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopkinton	Maynard
Population	3,098 → 3,142 (+1.4%)	10,754 → 10,663 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$112,014 → $173,750 (+55.1%)	$105,254 → $119,549 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$497,400 → $601,900 (+21.0%)	$350,200 → $494,200 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,653 → $1,053 (-36.3%)	$1,176 → $1,678 (+42.7%)

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

Maynard

Population

10,75410,663

Median household income

$105,254$119,549

Median home value

$350,200$494,200

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopkinton	Maynard
Under 5	3.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	26.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.0%
75 and over	9.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopkinton	Maynard
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopkinton	Maynard
No high school diploma	0.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	17.6%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopkinton	Maynard
Drove alone	77.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.3%
Public transit	1.2%	1.2%
Walked	2.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	20.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopkinton	Maynard
1-unit, detached	70.7%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	3.6%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hopkinton	Maynard
Poverty rate	3.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1954	1962