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ted during winter with an average difference of 16 f 8 9 c the annual average precipitation at hopkinton is 51 25 inches 1 302 mm rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year the wettest month of the year is november with an average rainfall of 4 69 inches 119 mm 8 normal temperature in january max min average 25 5 f 3 6 c normal temperature in july max min average 74 5 f 23 6 c normal annual precipitation 44 9 inches 1 140 mm 9 demographics edit see also hopkinton cdp massachusetts and list of massachusetts locations by per capita income historical population year pop 1790 1 317 1850 2 801 112 7 1860 4 340 54 9 1870 4 419 1 8 1880 4 601 4 1 1890 4 088 11 1 1900 2 623 35 8 1910 2 452 6 5 1920 2 289 6 6 1930 2 563 12 0 1940 2 697 5 2 1950 3 486 29 3 1960 4 932 41 5 1970 5 981 21 3 1980 7 114 18 9 1990 9 191 29 2 2000 13 346 45 2 2010 14 925 11 8 2020 18 758 25 7 2024 19 971 6 5 population estimate source united states census records and population estimates program data 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 according to an estimate by the umass donahue institute between the 2010 census and 2020 census hopkinton was the fastest growing community in greater boston 22 as of the census 23 of 2010 there were 14 925 people 4 957 households and 3 978 families residing in the town the population density was 568 4 inhabitants per square mile 219 5 km 2 there were 5 128 housing units at an average density of 195 3 per square mile 75 4 km 2 the racial makeup of the town was 93 1 white 0 8 black or african american 0 1 native american 4 4 asian 0 4 from other races and 1 2 from two or more races hispanic or latino of any race were 1 8 of the population there were 4 957 households out of which 48 1 had children under the age of 18 living with them 70 5 were married couples living together 6 9 had a female householder with no husband present and 19 7 were non families 16 0 of all households were made up of individuals and 5 6 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older the average household size was 2 99 and the average family size was 3 38 population was well distributed by age with 33 6 under the age of 20 3 4 from 20 to 24 22 0 from 25 to 44 33 0 from 45 to 64 and 7 9 who were 65 years of age or older the median age was 40 3 years for every 100 females there were 96 8 males for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93 4 males as of 2000 the median income for a household in the town was 89 281 and the median income for a family was 102 550 males had a median income of 71 207 versus 42 360 for females the per capita income for the town was 41 469 about 1 3 of families and 1 7 of the population were below the poverty line including 1 4 of those under age 18 and 3 4 of those age 65 or over government edit since its incorporation in 1715 hopkinton has retained its original open town meeting form of government the town s day to day affairs had been directly overseen by an elected board of selectmen until 2007 when the town s charter commission created a town manager position with more discretion although the town manager still reports to the board of selectmen annual town meeting edit hopkinton s annual town meeting begins on the first saturday in may hosted at the hopkinton middle school or high school the meeting only begins when a quorum is formed with 1 of registered hopkinton voters in attendance it continues on consecutive evenings usually three nights in total until all articles in the town meeting warrant have been voted upon warrant edit the town meeting warrant is a document composed of the articles to be voted upon any elected or appointed board committee or town officer or ten petitioning voters may request that an article be included on the warrant each article to be voted upon is directed by the select board to an appropriate board or committee to hear and provide the original motion at town meeting all articles which require expending of funds are directed to the finance committee articles dealing with planning and zoning to the planning board articles relating to by laws to the by law committee and so forth annual town election edit hopkinton annual town election is held on the third monday in may polls are open 7 00am 8 00pm all hopkinton precincts vote at the hopkinton middle school county government edit massachusetts has 14 counties which were regional administrative districts before the revolutionary war 24 in 1997 the county governments of middlesex berkshire essex hampden and worcester were abolished many of their functions were turned over to state agencies its county seats are cambridge and lowell county government middlesex county clerk of courts michael a sullivan d district attorney marian t ryan d register of deeds maria c curtatone d register of probate tara e decristofaro d county sheriff peter koutoujian d state government state representative s james arena derosa d state senator s karen e spilka d governor s councilor s vacant federal government u s representative s jim mcgovern d 2nd district u s senators elizabeth warren d ed markey d library edit the hopkinton public library was founded in 1867 it has been located in the heart of downtown just steps away from the town common since 1895 until 1955 bequests were the only source of funding for the library since that time the town government has been appropriating public funds for employee salaries cost of cleaning the library utilities and assistance with the purchase of books the library is now funded through various sources that include the town government the mcgovern trust fund annual state aid and friends of the library the town library was established by the young men s christian association in 1867 seven members served as the trustees incorporated the library and adopted by laws for the government of the library in 1890 the current building was built in 1895 with contributions from local and former residents of hopkinton the second floor was used as a lecture hall and was remodeled later as a children s room a gallery was built to connect the library building with the adjacent episcopal church after extensive renovation in 1967 this new section was named after the head librarian at the time mrs betty strong a special feature of the reading room is a stained glass window with a motif of water fountain bubbling water flowing over an open book and the inscription on the page reads the fountain of wisdom flows through books the large hall clock that still stands near the circulation desk was presented to the library by mrs f v thompson and mr abram crooks the library was transferred to the town government in may 2010 five members were appointed as the library trustees starting from may 2011 elections have been held annually for the members of the library board according to the new town charter in january 2016 the library announced they would make renovations to the building and moved to a temporary location at 65 south street while the historic building on main street undergoes a major renovation and expansion 25 in october 2017 the renovated and expanded library reopened in its downtown location at 13 main street 26 education edit public schools edit the town of hopkinton has a public school system which serves students from pre kindergarten through twelfth grade kindergarten students and first graders attend marathon elementary school grades 2 and 3 attend elmwood school grades 4 and 5 attend hopkins school grades 6 through 8 attend hopkinton middle school grades 9 through 12 attend hopkinton high school the town also has an integrated preschool currently located in the marathon elementary school building hopkinton offered a fee based full day kindergarten option for the first time during the 2010 2011 school year via a lottery system free full day kindergarten was made available to all kindergarten students starting in the 2014 2015 school year hopkinton public schools does not offer any foreign language education before grade 7 since residents approved the center school feasibility study in may 2008 hopkinton had been involved in an elementary school building project with the massachusetts school building authority the solution approved unanimously by the hopkinton elementary school building committee and the msba was to build a new k 5 elementary school on the town owned fruit street property and then decommission the aging center school residents voted down the new school at the march 21 2011 special town meeting and again at a special town election on march 28 2011 in may 2013 voters approved funding a new center school feasibility study the solution proposed by the new elementary school building committee was to build a new preschool kindergarten and grade 1 school at 135 hayden rowe street route 85 on property newly purchased by the town for this purpose this proposal was approved by voters at a november 2015 special town meeting the new marathon elementary school named after a public town survey is located on route 85 in hopkinton and opened for the fall 2018 school year 27 hopkinton high s school mascot is the hiller h as the sports teams are known as the hopkinton hillers previously the teams were known as the hopkinton stonethrowers the school primary colors are green and white with orange as a secondary color economy and business edit hopkinton is the corporate headquarters of dell emc a global manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage dell emc in addition to providing 1 million in annual real estate tax revenues is a major contributor to the town s schools and recreational services 28 on september 7 2016 dell and emc merged creating dell emc transportation edit hopkinton is situated 26 miles 42 km west of boston in the metrowest region of massachusetts interstate route 495 divides the town into east and west zones which are connected by numerous spokes providing direct access to the airport and other communities in the greater boston metropolitan area 29 major highways edit hopkinton is served by two interstate highways and two state highways interstates 90 the massachusetts turnpike and 495 form an interchange on the northern border of hopkinton and neighboring westborough proximity to route 9 the boston worcester turnpike and route 30 in westborough gives additional access to east west destinations principal highways are interstate 90 massachusetts turnpike east west the longest interstate highway in the united states interstate 495 north south state route 135 east west state route 85 north south nearby major intersections edit interstate 495 in westborough massachusetts interstate 95 in weston massachusetts mass transit edit rail edit there is no passenger or freight rail service in hopkinton hopkinton is served by the southborough mbta station located on the border of hopkinton and southborough on route 85 at southville road mbta commuter rail service is available to south station and back bay station boston via the mbta framingham worcester commuter rail line which connects south station in boston and union station in worcester travel time to back bay is about 50 minutes originally called the framingham commuter rail line framingham was the end of the line until rail traffic was expanded to worcester in 1996 30 the line also serves the communities of newton wellesley natick ashland southborough westborough and grafton 31 direct rail service to boston to new york and to many other points on the amtrak network national railroad passenger corporation is available through nearby framingham csx transportation provides freight rail service and operates an auto transloading facility in nearby framingham bus edit hopkinton is a member community of the metrowest regional transit authority which provides local bus service to several towns in the metrowest area with service to the mbta commuter rail station at framingham peter pan bus lines provides service to worcester and boston from framingham air edit boston s logan international airport is easily accessible from nearby framingham massport provides public transportation to all airport terminals from framingham via the logan express bus service seven days per week the bus terminal and paid parking facility are located on the shoppers world mall property off the massachusetts turnpike exit 13 between route 9 and route 30 at the intersections of east road and the burr street connector 32 worcester regional airport a primary commercial pr facility with scheduled passenger service is easily accessible it has two asphalt runways 5 500 and 6 900 ft 1 700 and 2 100 m long instrument approaches available include precision and non precision the airport is served by jetblue american eagle and delta commuter services edit park and ride services 33 massdot operates a free park and ride facility at the parking lot at the intersection of flutie pass and east road on the south side of shoppers world mall 34 massdot also operates a free park and ride facility at a parking lot adjacent to exit 12 of the massachusetts turnpike across from california avenue on the west side of framingham 35 media edit newspapers edit hopkinton has two local newspapers the hopkinton independent and the hopkinton crier and three online news outlets hcam hopkinton patch and hopnews the town is also served by the boston globe the metrowest daily news and the telegram gazette television edit hopkinton has a peg television network known as hcam which controls two channels many hcam shows can be viewed directly on their website hcam tv edit hcam tv is the most received of hcam s channels available in every household with cable television in the area it can be found on comcast channel 8 and verizon channel 30 36 the channel s daily schedule consists mostly of programming aimed at a family audience along with series and informative programming hcam tv broadcasts the filming of one time events such as performances on the hopkinton common and films by the hopkinton center for the arts hcam ed edit hcam ed sister channel to hcam tv is received by fewer households and has lower programming standards than hcam tv it is found on comcast channel 96 and verizon channel 31 the hcam website also includes news articles and photos updated daily points of interest edit hopkinton state park located on route 85 cordaville road is a massachusetts state park managed by the department of conservation and recreation that was created after the hopkinton reservoir was removed from service as a water source for the greater boston area 37 whitehall state park located on route 135 wood street is a massachusetts state park managed by the department of conservation and recreation it was created in 1947 when the whitehall reservoir was removed from service as a water source for the greater boston area 38 39 accolades edit 2020 hopkinton public schools was ranked 15 of all 412 public school districts in massachusetts 40 2014 hopkinton made the safewise 50 safest cities in massachusetts 41...