Murfreesboro vs Newhope

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

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

Murfreesboro has the higher population (1,815 vs 296 in Newhope). Newhope has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $105,500 in Murfreesboro). Since 2019, Newhope's population has grown faster (+3.5% vs -4.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Murfreesboro	Newhope
Population	1,815	296
Median age	41.0 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,125	—
Median home value	$105,500	$111,300
Median gross rent	$536	—
Housing units	920	79
Homeownership rate	72.6%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murfreesboro	Newhope
Population	1,904 → 1,815 (-4.7%)	286 → 296 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$31,080 → $48,125 (+54.8%)	$120,962 → $138,050 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $105,500 (+35.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$549 → $536 (-2.4%)	—

Murfreesboro

Population

1,9041,815

Median household income

$31,080$48,125

Median home value

$78,100$105,500

Median gross rent

$549$536

Newhope

Population

286296

Median household income

$120,962$138,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murfreesboro	Newhope
Under 5	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	5.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	50.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	21.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	1.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	3.0%
75 and over	12.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murfreesboro	Newhope
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	12.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murfreesboro	Newhope
No high school diploma	13.0%	20.5%
High school graduate	41.9%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murfreesboro	Newhope
Drove alone	86.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murfreesboro	Newhope
1-unit, detached	77.7%	41.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	58.2%

Poverty & households

	Murfreesboro	Newhope
Poverty rate	25.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.26	4.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1978	1984