Best PlacesHopkinsburg, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hopkinsburg, 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.
Hopkinsburg ranks 16,031st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hopkinsburg
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.
Hopkinsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hopkinsburg ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Hopkinsburg ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hopkinsburg
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hopkinsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,233, 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 Hopkinsburg's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Hopkinsburg
Hopkinsburg's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hopkinsburg.
Who works in Hopkinsburg, and how
Work in Hopkinsburg centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hopkinsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hopkinsburg.
What the weather is like in Hopkinsburg, month by month
Hopkinsburg sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Hopkinsburg
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hopkinsburg
Schools across Hopkinsburg average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pine Street ElementaryB− · 44% proficient
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Rj Steeby SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayland Union Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hopkins Middle SchoolC · 34% 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 Hopkinsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hopkinsburg 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 Hopkinsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hopkinsburg
Is Hopkinsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hopkinsburg ranks 16,031st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, civic engagement, and low crime, 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 Hopkinsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $279,889. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $85,233 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Hopkinsburg safe?
Yes, Hopkinsburg is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
Compare Hopkinsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hopkinsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hopkinsburg 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.
Hopkinsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hopkinsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hopkinsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hopkinsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hopkinsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hopkinsburg 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
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