Hopedale vs Winchendon

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

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

Winchendon has the higher population (4,407 vs 4,126 in Hopedale). Hopedale has the higher median household income ($111,016 vs $67,188 in Winchendon). Hopedale has the higher median home value ($399,100 vs $258,300 in Winchendon).

Population, income & housing

	Hopedale	Winchendon
Population	4,126	4,407
Median age	40.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,016	$67,188
Median home value	$399,100	$258,300
Median gross rent	$1,844	$1,217
Housing units	1,590	1,649
Homeownership rate	69.4%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopedale	Winchendon
Population	3,363 → 4,126 (+22.7%)	3,999 → 4,407 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$107,278 → $111,016 (+3.5%)	$56,773 → $67,188 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$298,400 → $399,100 (+33.7%)	$184,100 → $258,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,844 (+37.4%)	$695 → $1,217 (+75.1%)

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

Winchendon

Population

3,9994,407

Median household income

$56,773$67,188

Median home value

$184,100$258,300

Median gross rent

$695$1,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopedale	Winchendon
Under 5	1.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	18.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.9%
75 and over	8.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopedale	Winchendon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopedale	Winchendon
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	29.2%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopedale	Winchendon
Drove alone	82.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	2.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopedale	Winchendon
1-unit, detached	38.4%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	31.4%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	16.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopedale	Winchendon
Poverty rate	5.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1938	1943