Work & commute · Hopewell

Work & commute in Hopewell, VA

Most working residents leave Hopewell for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (10%), Petersburg (5%) and Colonial Heights (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,130 of 9,783 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,653 Hopewell residents head out of town to work, 1,130 work right here, and 5,842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hopewell.

8,653live here, work elsewhere

1,130live and work here

5,842work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hopewell goes to work

Hopewell (in town)right here

12%1,130

Richmond19.2 mi away

10%991

Petersburg7.9 mi away

5%508

Colonial Heights5.7 mi away

3%324

Chester8.5 mi away

2%149

Mechanicsville23.6 mi away

1%124

Newport News45.3 mi away

1%120

Virginia Beach78.5 mi away

1%112

Chesapeake69.4 mi away

1%105

Prince George5.1 mi away

1%103

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%6,117

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hopewell commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

31%

13%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hopewell is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hopewell are

6,972 jobs are based in Hopewell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hopewell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hopewell

6,972 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hopewell residents hold

9,783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−7%

Jobs based in Hopewell, 2013 → 2023: 7,499 → 6,972. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.