Best PlacesHopewell City, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Hopewell City, 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.
Hopewell City ranks 2,394th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hopewell City
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.
Hopewell City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hopewell City ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of counties
- BikingBetter than 88% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of counties
- TransitBetter than 87% of counties
Where Hopewell City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Hopewell City
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hopewell City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,197, 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 Hopewell City's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hopewell City
Hopewell City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hopewell City.
Who works in Hopewell City, and how
Work in Hopewell City centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hopewell City
Hopewell City has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hopewell City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Hopewell City growing, and who is moving in?
Hopewell City has grown about 4% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Richmond, VA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Hopewell City go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Hopewell City, month by month
Hopewell City sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Hopewell City
Richmond International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hopewell City
Schools across Hopewell City average a C+, better than 51% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Middle Road ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Elizabeth Scott ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Dupont ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- J.e.j. Moore MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Elizabeth Davis MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Carter G. Woodson MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Prince George HighA · 75% proficient
- Thomas Dale HighA− · 63% proficient
- Hopewell HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hopewell City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hopewell City 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 Hopewell City against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Hopewell City suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Hopewell City
Is Hopewell City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hopewell City ranks 2,394th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hopewell City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,697. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $62,197 median income, cost of living beats 31% of counties.
Is Hopewell City safe?
Hopewell City is safer than 9% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $595 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hopewell City?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 27. That works out to about 63 pleasant days a year, more than 10% of counties.
Is Hopewell City good for families?
Schools beat 51% of counties, crime safety beats 9%, and childcare runs $829 a month.
Compare Hopewell City with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hopewell City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hopewell City 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.
Hopewell City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hopewell City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hopewell City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hopewell City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hopewell City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hopewell City 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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