Hopewell 2007 City Council Emergency Numbers Annual Report
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Economic Development > Economic Statistics
Last Updated: Aug 14th, 2008


Demographics
  • Population (2000) – 22,354
  • Land area (2000) – 11.3 square miles
  • Persons per square mile – 1,1978.2
  • High School graduates (age 25+) – 71.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+) – 10.2%
  • Housing units (2000) – 9,749
  • Homeownership rate, (2000) – 56.0%
  • Multi-unit housing structures (2000) – 24.2%
  • Median value of owner occupied (2000) – $77,300
  • Households (2000) – 9,055
  • Persons per household (2000) – 2.43
  • Median household income (1999) – $33,196%


Taxes
 
Sales tax:

Meals 5.5%
Lodging 8.0%
   
Real Estate tax:

$1.09 / $100 assessed value
   
Personal Property tax:
$3.05 / $100 assessed value (Auto, Trucks, Boats, Trailers, Motorcycles)
    
Machinery and Tools:

$3.05 / $100 at 25% original cost
   
Utility tax:

Gas $1.40 / Month
Water & Electric $2.00 / Month
Phone $2.00 / Month
Cellular $3.00 / Month


Top Employers

Top Employer  (alphabetical)
Allied Signal
Aqualon Company
City of Hopewell
Columbia HCA John Randolph
E.I. DuPont De Nemours Company
Goldschmidt Chemical Corporation
Hopewell City School Board
Hopewell Operations LLC
Shaw Services LLC
Stone Container Corporation



Workforce
Hopewell has a civilian labor force of 11,133 and an unemployment rate of 3.3% as of April 1998.

Occupation
  • Professional, 19.6%

  • Service, 18.5%

  • Sales, 25.8%

  • Farming/Fishing, 0.3%

  • Construction, 13.2%

  • Production, 22.5%



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