Hopkins is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,514 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hopkins is the 118th largest community in South Carolina.Hopkins is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hopkins is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hopkins who work in sales jobs (17.52%), office and administrative support (15.29%), and healthcare (9.24%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 26.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hopkins has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hopkins a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Hopkins is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hopkins, the average commute to work is 30.89 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. 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.The percentage of adults in Hopkins with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.22% of adults in Hopkins have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. 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.
