Hope vs Washington

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

Hope and Washington 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 106 in Washington). Hope has the higher median household income ($44,353 vs $38,700 in Washington). Since 2019, Hope's population has grown faster (-10.0% vs -33.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Hope	Washington
Population	8,787	106
Median age	37.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,353	$38,700
Median home value	$87,800	—
Median gross rent	$777	—
Housing units	3,979	78
Homeownership rate	55.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope	Washington
Population	9,768 → 8,787 (-10.0%)	159 → 106 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$37,832 → $44,353 (+17.2%)	$35,833 → $38,700 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $87,800 (+12.7%)	$127,100 → $61,700 (-51.5%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $777 (+11.5%)	$723 → $722 (-0.1%)

Hope

Population

9,7688,787

Median household income

$37,832$44,353

Median home value

$77,900$87,800

Median gross rent

$697$777

Washington

Population

159106

Median household income

$35,833$38,700

Median home value

$127,100$61,700

Median gross rent

$723$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope	Washington
Under 5	7.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	9.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	0.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	33.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	24.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.5%
75 and over	8.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	29.2%
Black or African American	44.4%	61.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope	Washington
No high school diploma	18.9%	27.9%
High school graduate	40.7%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope	Washington
Drove alone	86.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	13.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope	Washington
1-unit, detached	64.0%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	46.2%

Poverty & households

	Hope	Washington
Poverty rate	20.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.59	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1977	1986