Hopewell is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,035 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Hopewell is the 456th largest community in New Jersey. Hopewell has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Hopewell is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 85.28% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hopewell is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hopewell who work in teaching (13.65%), office and administrative support jobs (11.92%), and management occupations (10.20%).

Of important note, Hopewell is also a borough of artists. Hopewell has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hopewell's character.

Also of interest is that Hopewell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Hopewell is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Hopewell is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hopewell really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hopewell perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Hopewell is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hopewell Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Hopewell. 53.92% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Hopewell in 2000 was $38,413, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,652 for a family of four. However, Hopewell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Hopewell home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hopewell is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hopewell include Irish, German, Italian, English, Dutch, Polish, Scotch-Irish, Swiss, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Hopewell is English. Some people also speak Spanish.