Delight vs Newhope

A side-by-side comparison of Delight and Newhope: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delight has the higher population (316 vs 296 in Newhope). Newhope has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $57,100 in Delight). Since 2019, Newhope's population has grown faster (+3.5% vs -8.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Delight	Newhope
Population	316	296
Median age	47.7 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,396	—
Median home value	$57,100	$111,300
Median gross rent	$631	—
Housing units	202	79
Homeownership rate	73.2%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delight	Newhope
Population	344 → 316 (-8.1%)	286 → 296 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$26,776 → $32,396 (+21.0%)	$120,962 → $138,050 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $57,100 (+0.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$667 → $631 (-5.4%)	—

Delight

Population

344316

Median household income

$26,776$32,396

Median home value

$57,000$57,100

Median gross rent

$667$631

Newhope

Population

286296

Median household income

$120,962$138,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delight	Newhope
Under 5	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	5.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	50.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	21.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	1.7%
65 to 74	15.8%	3.0%
75 and over	14.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delight	Newhope
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delight	Newhope
No high school diploma	9.7%	20.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delight	Newhope
Drove alone	74.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	0.0%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delight	Newhope
1-unit, detached	83.7%	41.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	58.2%

Poverty & households

	Delight	Newhope
Poverty rate	25.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.01	4.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1961	1984