It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hopkins has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hopkins has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hopkins than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hopkins may be for you.
In Hopkins, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.89 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
For a small town, Hopkins has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride taxis. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Hopkins exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Hopkins rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.22% of adults 25 and older in Hopkins have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Hopkins in 2022 was $25,911, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,644 for a family of four. However, Hopkins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hopkins is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hopkins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hopkins residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hopkins include German, African, English, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Hopkins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
