New Hope vs Redstone Arsenal

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

New Hope and Redstone Arsenal 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 971 in Redstone Arsenal). Redstone Arsenal has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $80,787 in New Hope). Since 2019, New Hope's population has grown faster (+1.4% vs -26.9%).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	Redstone Arsenal
Population	2,895	971
Median age	34.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,787	$118,750
Median home value	$158,200	—
Median gross rent	$692	$1,682
Housing units	1,076	371
Homeownership rate	79.4%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	Redstone Arsenal
Population	2,854 → 2,895 (+1.4%)	1,329 → 971 (-26.9%)
Median household income	$55,764 → $80,787 (+44.9%)	$89,712 → $118,750 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$124,700 → $158,200 (+26.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$826 → $692 (-16.2%)	$1,370 → $1,682 (+22.8%)

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

Redstone Arsenal

Population

1,329971

Median household income

$89,712$118,750

Median gross rent

$1,370$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	Redstone Arsenal
Under 5	4.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	30.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	18.1%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	23.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.4%
75 and over	2.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	Redstone Arsenal
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	61.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	Redstone Arsenal
No high school diploma	9.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.8%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	Redstone Arsenal
Drove alone	86.1%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	Redstone Arsenal
1-unit, detached	77.0%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	Redstone Arsenal
Poverty rate	6.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	12
Median year structure built	1989	1990