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Hopedale: The Hopedale Blue Raiders playing a baseball game at the town park. Hopedale: The Draper Mill on Hopedale Street, at one time the most productive cotton mill in the world.
 

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Population (year 2000): 4,158
Males: 1,984  (47.7%)
Females: 2,174  (52.3%)

Worcester County

Median resident age:  38.7 years
Massachusetts median age:  36.5 years

Zip codes: 01747.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $68,100 (it was $58,750 in 2000)
Hopedale  $68,100
Massachusetts:  $57,184

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $370,000 (it was $189,200 in 2000)
Hopedale  $370,000
Massachusetts:  $361,500

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Races in Hopedale:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
  • Hispanic (1.3%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)
  • Other race (0.6%)
  • Black (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Hopedale: 117.0 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (27.3%), Italian (24.4%), English (21.5%), Scottish (7.0%), German (6.7%), French (6.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1886

Elevation: 280 feet

Land area: 1.72 square miles.

Population density: 2411 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Hopedale

  • High school or higher: 92.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 9.3%
  • Unemployed: 2.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 31.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Hopedale CDP

  • Never married: 20.9%
  • Now married: 56.0%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 8.1%
  • Divorced: 13.7%

128 residents are foreign born (1.4% Latin America, 1.1% Europe, 0.6% Asia).

This place:  3.1%
Massachusetts:  12.2%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Hopedale, Massachusetts in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Hopedale to the number of sex offenders is 4158 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is near the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Hopedale:  1.4% ($2,615)
Massachusetts:  1.3% ($2,336)
Hopedale satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Framingham, MA (14.1 miles , pop. 66,910).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (33.7 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (183.3 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Milford, MA (1.8 miles ), Mendon, MA (2.6 miles ), Bellingham, MA (4.8 miles ), Upton-West Upton, MA (5.7 miles ), Upton, MA (5.7 miles ), Hopkinton, MA (6.3 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 8 buildings, average cost: $158,900
  • 1997: 17 buildings, average cost: $123,500
  • 1998: 5 buildings, average cost: $162,000
  • 1999: 31 buildings, average cost: $148,100
  • 2000: 27 buildings, average cost: $153,700
  • 2001: 33 buildings, average cost: $152,700
  • 2002: 37 buildings, average cost: $158,400
  • 2003: 31 buildings, average cost: $172,200
  • 2004: 26 buildings, average cost: $161,500
  • 2005: 14 buildings, average cost: $375,500
  • 2006: 8 buildings, average cost: $140,400
  • 2007: 5 buildings, average cost: $124,100

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Latitude: 42.13 N, Longitude: 71.54 W


People in group quarters in Hopedale
  • 39 people in nursing homes
  • 29 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
  • 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded

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Historical housing units



Most common industries for males:



  • Computer and electronic products (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Computer and electronic products (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Personal and laundry services (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Computer specialists (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Top executives (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
  • Business operations specialists (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)



 

Crime in Hopedale by Year

Type 2003 2004 2005
Murders 100
    per 100,000 16.40.00.0
Rapes 120
    per 100,000 16.432.40.0
Robberies 020
    per 100,000 0.032.40.0
Assaults 576
    per 100,000 81.9113.596.7
Burglaries 202810
    per 100,000 327.5453.9161.2
Thefts 312521
    per 100,000 507.6405.3338.4
Auto thefts 554
    per 100,000 81.981.164.5
Arson 122
    per 100,000 16.432.432.2
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 105.5) 112.0112.849.3

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 16 (12 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.89
US city average:  3.00

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Hopedale-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Massachusetts state average. It is 24% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/9/1953, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 11.8 miles away from the Hopedale place center killed 90 people and injured 1228 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 6/9/1953, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.1 miles away from the place center injured 17 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Hopedale:
  • MILFORD WHITINSVILLE REG HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; MILFORD, MA)
  • LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 11 miles; WOONSOCKET, RI)
  • WESTBOROUGH ST HOSP DANIELS BLDG (about 11 miles; WESTBOROUGH, MA)

Political contributions by individuals in Hopedale, MA

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Hopedale:
  • WORCESTER REGIONAL (about 25 miles; WORCESTER, MA; ID: ORH)
  • LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (about 30 miles; BEDFORD, MA; ID: BED)
  • THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN STATE (about 30 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI; ID: PVD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hopedale:
  • HOPEDALE INDUSTRIAL PARK (about 4 miles; HOPEDALE, MA; ID: 1B6)
  • NORFOLK (about 12 miles; NORFOLK, MA; ID: 32M)
  • MARLBORO (about 15 miles; MARLBORO, MA; ID: 9B1)

Amtrak stations near Hopedale:
  • 14 miles: FRAMINGHAM (443 WAVERLY ST.). Services: public payphones, snack bar, paid short-term parking, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 20 miles: WORCESTER (WORCHESTER, 45 SHREWSBURY ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hopedale:
  • FRAMINGHAM STATE COLLEGE (about 16 miles; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Full-time enrollment: 4,185)
  • BRYANT COLLEGE (about 17 miles; SMITHFIELD, RI; FT enrollment: 2,926)
  • COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (about 21 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 2,808)
  • CLARK UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 2,563)
  • PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (about 21 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI; FT enrollment: 4,456)
  • RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE (about 22 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI; FT enrollment: 6,208)
  • WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (about 22 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,426)
Public high school in Hopedale:
  • HOPEDALE JR SR HIGH (Students: 510; Location: 25 ADIN STREET; Grades: 7th grade Enrollment-12th grade Enrollment)
Public elementary/middle school in Hopedale:
  • MEMORIAL (Students: 673; Location: 6 PROSPECT STREET; Grades: Kindergarten Enrollment-6th grade Enrollment)
Library in Hopedale:
  • BANCROFT MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income: $175,549; Location: 50 HOPEDALE STREET; 31,158 books; 442 audio materials; 335 video materials; 70 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • Number of times featured on "My Kind of Town": 1 added by Grace

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Notable locations in Hopedale: Rockwell Draper Mill Complex (A), Bancroft Memorial Library (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Hills Shopping Plaza Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Hopedale include: Union Evangelical Church (A), Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (B), Hopedale Unitarian Parish Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Hopedale Village Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoir: Spindleville Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Hopedale and their reported violations in the past:

HOPEDALE WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 5873, Purch_surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-29-2004), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-29-2004)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-29-2004), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-29-2004)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (FEB-19-2003), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-19-2003)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-13-2000), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-13-2000)
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2000 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
  • One minor monitoring violation
  • 16 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This place:  2.5 people
Massachusetts:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  67.0%
Whole state:  64.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.7%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  4.7%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  3.5%
Whole state:  4.4%

Hopedale compared to Massachusetts state average:
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

4.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,737 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.47%
Massachusetts average:  6.31%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($421 average AGI)
Worcester County:  0.14%
Massachusetts average:  0.28%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Middlesex County, MA  1.37% ($58,665 average AGI)
from Norfolk County, MA  0.29% ($58,509)
from Suffolk County, MA  0.18% ($52,994)


4.90% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($51,085 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.90%
Massachusetts average:  6.91%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($610 average AGI)
Worcester County:  0.08%
Massachusetts average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Middlesex County, MA  0.91% ($51,723 average AGI)
to Norfolk County, MA  0.25% ($49,788)
to Suffolk County, MA  0.22% ($45,031)


Strongest AM radio stations in Hopedale:
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WMRC (1490 AM; 1 kW; MILFORD, MA; Owner: FIRST CLASS RADIO CORP.)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WRCA (1330 AM; 25 kW; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: WRCA LICENSE, LLC)
  • WNRI (1380 AM; 3 kW; WOONSOCKET, RI; Owner: ANASTOS MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WDDZ (550 AM; 5 kW; PAWTUCKET, RI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WSRO (650 AM; 2 kW; ASHLAND, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING GROUP, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Hopedale:
  • WWKX (106.3 FM; WOONSOCKET, RI; Owner: AAA ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING LLC)
  • WBMX (98.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WJMN (94.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WCRB (102.5 FM; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER BROADCASTING WCRB LICE)
  • WTKK (96.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WROR-FM (105.7 FM; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WBOS (92.9 FM; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WGBH (89.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WBUR-FM (90.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
  • WWBB (101.5 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WAAF (107.3 FM; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WODS (103.3 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WHHB (99.9 FM; HOLLISTON, MA; Owner: HOLLISTON HIGH SCHOOL)
  • WXKS-FM (107.9 FM; MEDFORD, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WSRS (96.1 FM; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMJX (106.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WGAO (88.3 FM; FRANKLIN, MA; Owner: DEAN COLLEGE)
  • WPRO-FM (92.3 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSNE-FM (93.3 FM; TAUNTON, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WWLI (105.1 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Hopedale:
  • WUNI (Channel 27; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WUTF (Channel 66; MARLBOROUGH, MA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BOSTON LLC)
  • WCVB-TV (Channel 5; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WCVB HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
  • WGBH-TV (Channel 2; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WMFP (Channel 62; LAWRENCE, MA; Owner: WSAH LICENSE, INC.)
  • WBZ-TV (Channel 4; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
  • WGBX-TV (Channel 44; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WHDH-TV (Channel 7; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WHDH-TV)
  • WSBK-TV (Channel 38; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
  • WLVI-TV (Channel 56; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: WLVI, INC.)
  • WFXT (Channel 25; BOSTON, MA; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
  • WNAC-TV (Channel 64; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: WNAC, LLC)
  • WPRI-TV (Channel 12; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: TVL BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC)
  • W40BO (Channel 40; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
  • WJAR (Channel 10; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WPXQ (Channel 69; BLOCK ISLAND, RI; Owner: OCEAN STATE TELEVISION, L.L.C.)
  • WLNE-TV (Channel 6; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, INC.)
  • WSBE-TV (Channel 36; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TELECOM. AUTHORITY)
  • WWDP (Channel 46; NORWELL, MA; Owner: NORWELL TELEVISION, LLC)
  • WBPX (Channel 68; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)
  • WTMU-LP (Channel 32; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ZGS BOSTON, INC.)
  • WRIW-LP (Channel 50; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: ZGS PROVIDENCE, INC.)
  • WCEA-LP (Channel 58; BOSTON, MA; Owner: CHANNEL 19 TV CORPORATION)
  • WYDN (Channel 48; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV CORPORATION)

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