Is Hopewell a good place to live?
Hopewell's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B+, 252nd of 745 graded towns in New York. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 70% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $172K, 2.3 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. Hopewell’s mean commuting time is 17 minutes, below both New York’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 119 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on history.
What makes Hopewell stand out
Where Hopewell beats most towns.
Every workday, about 2,655 people come to Hopewell for work
Where Hopewell’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hopewell grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Hopewell is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Hopewell: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hopewell, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hopewell.
Hopewell draws workers from Canandaigua and beyond and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
Most of Hopewell’s workers leave town for work
2,783 jobs are based in Hopewell, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17.3 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Half of commuters travel less than 15 miles. Hopewell had 2,783 jobs in 2023, up 924 from 2013. Also worth knowing: for most workers, Hopewell is a place to come home to: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Canandaigua (10%), Rochester (6%) and Canandaigua (6%).
| Hopewell | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Hopewell is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
Since 1984, Hopewell has seen 7 flood insurance claims paid out. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 96% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 68% come from inland flooding and 10% from drought. Federal aid has come to Hopewell households in 4 declared disasters; the latest was in 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hopewell earns a B+ for health
In Hopewell, 5.5% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Hopewell is ahead of New York on 7 and behind on 5. Two figures for adults locally: 32% have obesity, 38% sleep under 7 hours.
| Hopewell | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.5% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Hopewell | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 0.6% of Hopewell
Walkers can cover 6.8 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Hopewell’s trail density comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Hopewell | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Canandaigua Outlet Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Hopewell sells for about $170K
At 2.3 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 81% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living.
For households in Hopewell, the share who live in a home they own is 90%. Its typical rent stands at $1,290 a month.
| Hopewell | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,290 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Seneca Lake and 29 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hopewell. Close and well known come first.
22 mi LakeSeneca Lake
7 mi MountainCumorah
29 mi LakeCayuga Lake
39 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
26 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
28 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross ArenaPhoto credits
Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · George Eastman Museum: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Cross Arena: Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers), CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Hopewell
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Hopewell
About 10 of every 100 Hopewell residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Famous people from Hopewell
3 notable people were born in Hopewell.
About Hopewell
Town in New York, United States
Hopewell is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,931 at the 2020 census. The Town of Hopewell is in the north central part of the county, east of the City of Canandaigua.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 833 ft
- Area code
- 585
Hopewell’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Hopewell.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Manchester (B−) comes closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell | #252 | B+ | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Manchester | #377 | B− | B+ | — | C | B |
| Phelps | #435 | B− | B | — | C− | B |
| Canandaigua | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seneca | #484 | C+ | C+ | — | C− | B+ |
Hopewell, Manchester, Phelps and Seneca report no FBI crime data of their own. Canandaigua isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hopewell with a neighbor →
Questions about Hopewell
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hopewell, NY a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Hopewell grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #252 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools.
Is Hopewell, NY expensive?
The typical home is worth about $172,000, 67% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
What is Hopewell, NY known for?
3 notable people were born here, including Edyth Walker and Daniel Myron LeFever.