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%