1. Start with the site and the geographic scope
The Census Bureau records Hopewell city as a municipality and reports a 2020–2024 ACS 5-year population estimate of 22,959. That is context for a firm serving Hopewell; it does not establish website demand, search volume, case volume, competition or revenue. It also does not turn surrounding places into Hopewell. Your hosting decision should therefore begin with the actual website and the geographic scope of the practice: Hopewell city, any other places the firm intentionally serves, and the pages or intake paths that represent those services. A hosting environment should support the site you operate, not an assumed market size.
Recommended approach
List the domains, subdomains, service pages, contact paths and geographic pages that matter to the firm. Ask which pages must remain available during ordinary updates, traffic changes or a migration. If the firm serves places beyond Hopewell city, record those separately rather than treating all Virginia geography as one audience.
