Gurley vs New Hope

A side-by-side comparison of Gurley and New Hope: population, income, housing, and more.

Gurley and New Hope are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Hope has the higher population (2,895 vs 543 in Gurley). New Hope has the higher median household income ($80,787 vs $55,000 in Gurley). Gurley has the higher median home value ($174,300 vs $158,200 in New Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Gurley	New Hope
Population	543	2,895
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$80,787
Median home value	$174,300	$158,200
Median gross rent	$850	$692
Housing units	295	1,076
Homeownership rate	61.4%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurley	New Hope
Population	603 → 543 (-10.0%)	2,854 → 2,895 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $55,000 (+13.5%)	$55,764 → $80,787 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $174,300 (+32.1%)	$124,700 → $158,200 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $850 (+74.9%)	$826 → $692 (-16.2%)

Gurley

Population

603543

Median household income

$48,438$55,000

Median home value

$131,900$174,300

Median gross rent

$486$850

New Hope

Population

2,8542,895

Median household income

$55,764$80,787

Median home value

$124,700$158,200

Median gross rent

$826$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurley	New Hope
Under 5	2.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	30.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	5.5%
75 and over	6.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurley	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	94.9%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurley	New Hope
No high school diploma	11.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	41.3%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurley	New Hope
Drove alone	81.5%	86.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurley	New Hope
1-unit, detached	79.3%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Gurley	New Hope
Poverty rate	14.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1974	1989