| Characteristics | ||||||||
| Most Value and Most Want to See Changed | ||||||||
| Question: What do you most value about Hopkinton? | ||||||||
| Characteristics Value Most | ||||||||
| # of times Characteristic Cited | % Distribution | |||||||
| Code | Description | Value Most Code (1st) | Value Most Code (2nd) | Value Most Code (3rd) | Total Value Most | Raw 100+% Base | Adjusted to 100% Base | |
| FOT | Feel of Town | 786 | 133 | 29 | 948 | 54.3% | 39.5% | |
| L | Loc / Conven | 72 | 63 | 10 | 145 | 8.3% | 6.0% | |
| PF | People Factor | 228 | 110 | 20 | 358 | 20.5% | 14.9% | |
| QL | Quality of Life | 55 | 42 | 10 | 107 | 6.1% | 4.5% | |
| S | Schools | 286 | 124 | 26 | 436 | 25.0% | 18.2% | |
| OS | Open Space | 158 | 64 | 21 | 243 | 13.9% | 10.1% | |
| Blank | 162 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 9.3% | 6.8% | ||
| TOTAL ABOVE | 1747 | 536 | 116 | 2399 | 137.3% | |||
| Total # Surveys | 1747 | 1747 | 100% | |||||
| Question: What would you most like to see changed? | ||||||||
| Like to See Changed | ||||||||
| # of times Characteristic Cited | % Distribution | |||||||
| Code | Description | See Changed Code (1st) | See Changed Code (2nd) | See Changed Code (3rd) | Total See Changed | Raw 100+% Base | Adjusted to 100% Base | |
| CG | Increase/grow commercial | 117 | 36 | 0 | 153 | 8.8% | 7.7% | |
| D | More Diversity or balance | 52 | 8 | 0 | 60 | 3.4% | 3.0% | |
| DR | Downtown Revitalization | 284 | 36 | 2 | 322 | 18.4% | 16.1% | |
| GOV | Change/modify local Gov; less red tape/bureaucracy | 93 | 13 | 1 | 107 | 6.1% | 5.4% | |
| OS | More Open Space | 34 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 2.6% | 2.3% | |
| PE | Improve Political Environment/Tone | 56 | 9 | 0 | 65 | 3.7% | 3.3% | |
| R | More Recreation or Community | 61 | 18 | 5 | 84 | 4.8% | 4.2% | |
| RG | Slow/stop residential growth | 235 | 22 | 3 | 260 | 14.9% | 13.0% | |
| S | Improve Schools | 60 | 18 | 3 | 81 | 4.6% | 4.1% | |
| SE | Spend more efficiently, | 29 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 2.2% | 1.9% | |
| T | Lower Taxes or reduce % growth | 132 | 26 | 1 | 159 | 9.1% | 8.0% | |
| TR | Improve Traffic Congestion | 125 | 22 | 4 | 151 | 8.6% | 7.6% | |
| Z | Zoning [added] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
| Blank | Blank | 463 | 0 | 0 | 463 | 26.5% | 23.2% | |
| TOTAL | 1746 | 226 | 22 | 1994 | 114.1% | |||
| Total # Surveys | 1747 | 1747 | 100% | |||||