County profile
Hopewell city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
5,277
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
396
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,261
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$54.7k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
13.7%±2.5%
Poverty rate
21.8%±3.9%
Business applications
343 · 2025
Retail establishments
69
29.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing33%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade14%
Other services7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,261
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+301
International migration+142
Natural change−183
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$181.6k±$14.3k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
11.4%±3.1%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$5.2M
31 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 76Earthquake 64Coastal flooding 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2312016
2322017
2552018
2702019
3002020
3492021
4002022
4462023
4852024
4962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 82% since 2021172021
192022
182023
422024
312025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.6 km
I-295
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
NS
Nearest port
3.4 km
ADVANSIX HOPEWELL FACILITY
Nearest commercial airport
23.9 km
RICHMOND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Hopewell city’s economy like?
Hopewell city is home to 23,261 residents and 5,277 jobs across 396 employers, led by manufacturing. BEA does not publish state-level GDP for US territories, so no GDP figure is shown.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.