Hopedale vs Westborough

A side-by-side comparison of Hopedale and Westborough: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westborough has the higher population (4,234 vs 4,126 in Hopedale). Hopedale has the higher median household income ($111,016 vs $100,037 in Westborough). Westborough has the higher median home value ($540,600 vs $399,100 in Hopedale).

Population, income & housing

	Hopedale	Westborough
Population	4,126	4,234
Median age	40.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,016	$100,037
Median home value	$399,100	$540,600
Median gross rent	$1,844	$1,503
Housing units	1,590	2,040
Homeownership rate	69.4%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopedale	Westborough
Population	3,363 → 4,126 (+22.7%)	3,957 → 4,234 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$107,278 → $111,016 (+3.5%)	$87,557 → $100,037 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$298,400 → $399,100 (+33.7%)	$380,800 → $540,600 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,844 (+37.4%)	$1,226 → $1,503 (+22.6%)

Hopedale

Population

3,3634,126

Median household income

$107,278$111,016

Median home value

$298,400$399,100

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,844

Westborough

Population

3,9574,234

Median household income

$87,557$100,037

Median home value

$380,800$540,600

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopedale	Westborough
Under 5	1.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	18.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.1%
75 and over	8.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopedale	Westborough
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopedale	Westborough
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopedale	Westborough
Drove alone	82.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopedale	Westborough
1-unit, detached	38.4%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	31.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	13.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopedale	Westborough
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1938	1947