Hopkinton ranked 29th among cities in Rhode Island by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.
The median income of Hopkinton residents was an inflation-adjusted $25,515 per year. Hopkinton had 227 households in 2017, with a population of 482.
The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Carolina. Carolina’s median income was $45,114 per year after adjusting for inflation – $19,599 more than Hopkinton. It had 268 households in 2017 and a population of 680.
Kingston had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Rhode Island, with a median income of only $4,357 per year. That was $21,158 less than the median income in Hopkinton at the time. Kingston had 729 households in 2017 and a population of 6,983.
The table below shows the top 35 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.
| Rank | City | Earnings per resident ($$$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina | 45,114 |
| 2 | Misquamicut | 45,000 |
| 3 | Harmony | 40,625 |
| 4 | Ashaway | 40,553 |
| 5 | Cumberland Hill | 40,322 |
| 6 | Weekapaug | 39,531 |
| 7 | Charlestown | 39,355 |
| 8 | Tiverton | 37,492 |
| 9 | Hope Valley | 36,976 |
| 10 | Warwick | 36,146 |
| 11 | Greene | 35,677 |
| 12 | Valley Falls | 32,400 |
| 13 | Pascoag | 32,131 |
| 14 | Narragansett Pier | 31,957 |
| 15 | Newport | 31,784 |
| 16 | Watch Hill | 31,650 |
| 17 | Greenville | 31,582 |
| 18 | Newport East | 31,444 |
| 19 | Westerly | 31,148 |
| 20 | Melville | 30,888 |
| 21 | Cranston | 30,788 |
| 22 | East Providence | 30,451 |
| 23 | Wyoming | 30,125 |
| 24 | Bradford | 29,866 |
| 25 | Foster Center | 28,462 |
| 26 | Clayville | 27,386 |
| 27 | Harrisville | 27,176 |
| 28 | Quonochontaug | 26,087 |
| 29 | Hopkinton | 25,515 |
| 30 | Chepachet | 24,891 |
| 31 | Pawtucket | 24,530 |
| 32 | Woonsocket | 23,051 |
| 33 | Providence | 20,408 |
| 34 | Central Falls | 16,433 |
| 35 | Kingston | 4,357 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
