Best PlacesHopkins, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hopkins, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hopkins ranks 9,177th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hopkins
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Hopkins' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hopkins ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
Where Hopkins ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hopkins
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hopkins home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,552, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Hopkins' effective rate of 1.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hopkins
Hopkins runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hopkins.
Who works in Hopkins, and how
Work in Hopkins centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hopkins
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hopkins.
What the weather is like in Hopkins, month by month
Hopkins sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Hopkins
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hopkins
Schools across Hopkins average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Dorr SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Bentheim Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayland Union Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hopkins Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Le White Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayland High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Hopkins High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Martin High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hopkins school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hopkins measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Hopkins against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hopkins
Is Hopkins a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hopkins ranks 9,177th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hopkins expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,810. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $89,552 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Hopkins safe?
Yes, Hopkins is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Hopkins with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hopkins. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hopkins represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Hopkins detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hopkins: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hopkins: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hopkins: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hopkins: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hopkins detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.