Hopewell Hunt

Hopewell Hunt answers the question buyers in this corner of Mercer County ask first: the mail says Princeton 08540, but the property sits in Hopewell Township and attends Hopewell Valley Regional schools. It is a single-era development of about 78 detached homes built by Toll Brothers between 1998 and 2001, laid out on three streets, Morris Drive, Caroline Drive, and Bailey Drive. Because the whole neighborhood came out of one builder's program inside a three-year window, the housing stock is unusually consistent, and recent BrightMLS closings have clustered in a fairly narrow band.

The homes

Every home in Hopewell Hunt is detached, and every one was built between 1998 and 2001. Recent sales run four and five bedrooms with two and a half to four and a half baths, and roughly 3,000 to 4,700 square feet of above-grade living space. Several of these houses also carry finished basements, which is why marketing copy sometimes quotes a larger total than the above-grade figure, and it is worth asking which number a listing is using. Three-car attached garages are typical. Lots run around an acre, though not every parcel is a full acre, so the specific lot is worth confirming rather than assuming a uniform size.

Streets and setting

The neighborhood is laid out on Morris Drive, Caroline Drive, and Bailey Drive, with two entrances: Bayberry Road leads onto Morris Drive, and Rocky Hill Road leads onto Bailey Drive. With only two ways in and no through route, the interior streets stay quiet. The surrounding landscape is the open, semi-rural side of Hopewell Township, and many lots back to woods or farmland rather than to another subdivision. At roughly 78 houses, Hopewell Hunt is small by local standards, a different experience from the large master-planned communities elsewhere in Hopewell Valley.

Schools and location

Hopewell Hunt is served by the Hopewell Valley Regional School District, which covers Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough, and Pennington Borough, with Timberlane Middle School and Hopewell Valley Central High School serving the upper grades. Elementary assignment follows the district's attendance zones, so the current assignment for a specific address is worth confirming. The Princeton 08540 mailing address is the detail that trips buyers up most often. It is a postal designation, not a school district or a tax jurisdiction, so a Hopewell Hunt owner pays Hopewell Township taxes and sends children to Hopewell Valley schools. Downtown Princeton is roughly eight miles away, close enough for the shopping, dining, and university calendar to be part of everyday life.

Market position

Hopewell Hunt sits at the upper end of the Hopewell Township market. Closings over the past two years have run from about $1.30M to $1.46M, with earlier 2024 sales dipping near $1.09M, and the 2026 sales moved quickly, several going under contract within about two weeks. Turnover is light, which is what a 78-home neighborhood produces: some years bring a handful of sales and others bring almost none, so the pool of comparables inside the community is thin. Pricing here is therefore a judgment call rather than a lookup. The practical method is to weigh the few in-community sales against detached homes of the same era and size elsewhere in Hopewell Township and the surrounding 08540 area, then adjust for square footage, basement finish, and how far the kitchens, baths, and systems have been carried forward since the original build.