Hope vs Perrytown

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

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

Hope has the higher population (8,787 vs 293 in Perrytown). Perrytown has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $44,353 in Hope). Perrytown has the higher median home value ($127,900 vs $87,800 in Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Hope	Perrytown
Population	8,787	293
Median age	37.5 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,353	$55,000
Median home value	$87,800	$127,900
Median gross rent	$777	$1,188
Housing units	3,979	117
Homeownership rate	55.9%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope	Perrytown
Population	9,768 → 8,787 (-10.0%)	478 → 293 (-38.7%)
Median household income	$37,832 → $44,353 (+17.2%)	$45,500 → $55,000 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $87,800 (+12.7%)	$87,100 → $127,900 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $777 (+11.5%)	$721 → $1,188 (+64.8%)

Hope

Population

9,7688,787

Median household income

$37,832$44,353

Median home value

$77,900$87,800

Median gross rent

$697$777

Perrytown

Population

478293

Median household income

$45,500$55,000

Median home value

$87,100$127,900

Median gross rent

$721$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope	Perrytown
Under 5	7.9%	18.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.5%
75 and over	8.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope	Perrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	74.4%
Black or African American	44.4%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope	Perrytown
No high school diploma	18.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	40.7%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope	Perrytown
Drove alone	86.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	14.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.0%
Other means	0.9%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope	Perrytown
1-unit, detached	64.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Hope	Perrytown
Poverty rate	20.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.59	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1977	1992