Hopewell, Virginia

Hopewell population, 2020 to 2024

Hopewell lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +87. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Hopewell is 1.4 times that size.

Hopewell covers 10.35 square miles of land and 0.47 of water, for 2,219 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Hopewell is denser than the typical town.

What county Hopewell is in

All of Hopewell's residents live in Hopewell city, which had 22,970 residents in 2024. Hopewell holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hopewell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hopewell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23860. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hopewell is

The Census internal point of Hopewell is at 37.291000, -77.298900. Richmond, the capital, is 18.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Petersburg, VA (34,058 people), 7.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 19.3 miles away.

Daylight in Hopewell

At 37.29° N, Hopewell gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hopewell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Colonial Heights, 5.8 miles away, with 18,674 people.