Property tax in Hopewell city, Virginia

Who sends the property tax bill in Hopewell city, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the City of Hopewell Treasurer's Office. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the City of Hopewell Real Estate Assessor's Office, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.

Hopewell is an independent city, so there is no separate county bill: the city values the home, bills it and collects it. The Real Estate Assessor's Office sets values and the Treasurer bills and collects; the Commissioner of the Revenue takes applications for elderly and disabled relief. Card payments carry a 3.25% fee, online or in person, and online e-checks a $1.75 fee.

When are property taxes due in Hopewell city?

For the 2026 bill, Hopewell city splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due June 15, 2026 and the last December 5, 2026. The next one due is the second half, on December 5, 2026. A penalty of 10% of the unpaid tax, or $10 if that is more (never more than the tax itself), is added on June 16 for the first half and on December 6 for the second half. Interest on the unpaid tax and penalty starts on the first day of the month after the due date, at the highest rate state law allows (10% a year for the first year). Not receiving a bill does not excuse the charges, and a $30 administrative fee may be added 30 days after the first delinquency notice.

From Hopewell city's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Hopewell city

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Hopewell city's average effective rate of 0.86% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Hopewell city at a glance

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Hopewell city compare in Virginia?

Among Virginia's 133 counties, Hopewell city has the 19th highest effective property-tax rate: 18 rank higher and 114 rank lower. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 1456th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Virginia county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Hopewell city actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Hopewell city's 5,359 owner-occupied homes, 8.6% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 28.7% pay at least $2,000, and 8.4% pay under $800. Another 8.6% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,557 and owners without one pay $1,578. That is within 10% either way, so in Hopewell city paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

How does the Hopewell city property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,564 is about 2.3% of the median income of Hopewell city homeowner households, $68,886 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 57.9% of Hopewell city's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Hopewell city?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,281 in 2015-2019 to $1,564 in 2020-2024, a 22.1% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 47.8%, from $122,900 to $181,600. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Hopewell city

Hopewell city borders 2 counties.

How is a home assessed in Hopewell city?

Virginia assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Hopewell city included. How Virginia assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Hopewell city?

No. Virginia has no general homestead exemption; relief is limited to the elderly and disabled, disabled veterans, and surviving spouses of service members and first responders killed in the line of duty. That is the Virginia rule, and it applies in Hopewell city. Virginia's exemptions and relief programs in full.

On top of the Virginia programs, Hopewell city runs its own:

• Real estate tax relief for the elderly and disabled: For an owner 65 or older, or permanently and totally disabled, living in the home as the only dwelling, with prior-year household income of $32,500 or less (the first $4,000 of each person's income other than a spouse's is left out, and $10,000 for a disabled owner) and net worth of $100,000 or less not counting the home and up to one acre: the city exempts 100% of the tax at income up to $18,500 and 50% above that, with a maximum exemption of $850 a year. Owners with income up to $50,000 and net worth up to $200,000 can instead defer the tax, which is then paid when the home is sold or within a year after the owner's death. Apply by April 1 (file every year).
• Partial exemption for rehabilitated homes: For a single-family home at least 25 years old, rehabilitation that raises the structure's value by at least 25% (without growing its floor area by more than half) has the added value exempted for five years, at 100% the first year and then 80%, 60%, 40% and 20%; apply to the Assessor with a $125 fee when applying for the building permit, before work starts, and the exemption is lost if the rest of the tax is not paid on time.

How to appeal your Hopewell city property assessment

In Hopewell city you appeal to the City Real Estate Assessor's Office (office review), then the Hopewell Board of Equalization in a reassessment year. The deadline: Hopewell reassesses every two years; the last reassessment took effect January 1, 2025 and the next takes effect January 1, 2027, so 2026 has no Board of Equalization. In a reassessment year, city code gives an owner 15 days from the mailing of a change of assessment notice to ask the Assessor's Office for a review. An application to the Board of Equalization is due by March 31 of the reassessment year or within 30 days after the Assessor's hearings end, whichever is later, and the Board finishes its work by June 30. The city's appeal page lists April 18 and May 31 as the deadlines, but the city code sets the rule above. A decision of the Board can be taken to the Circuit Court. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Hopewell city does not restate them on its own pages.

How Virginia's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Virginia rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Virginia page.

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