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.

A relatively large number of people in Hopkins telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.95% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hopkins has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hopkins has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hopkins than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hopkins may be for you.

In Hopkins, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.73 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Hopkins, even though it is a small town, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, town who have a need for low-cost transportation.

The percentage of adults in Hopkins who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.62% of the adults in Hopkins have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hopkins in 2018 was $29,284, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,136 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 English, African, Italian, Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Hopkins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.