East Hope vs Oldtown

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

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

Oldtown has the higher population (572 vs 257 in East Hope). East Hope has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $58,088 in Oldtown). East Hope has the higher median home value ($420,800 vs $260,700 in Oldtown).

Population, income & housing

	East Hope	Oldtown
Population	257	572
Median age	58.3 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$58,088
Median home value	$420,800	$260,700
Median gross rent	$1,250	$848
Housing units	172	229
Homeownership rate	85.8%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Hope	Oldtown
Population	136 → 257 (+89.0%)	246 → 572 (+132.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $91,250 (+62.2%)	$51,250 → $58,088 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$271,400 → $420,800 (+55.0%)	$130,000 → $260,700 (+100.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,300 → $1,250 (-3.8%)	$838 → $848 (+1.2%)

East Hope

Population

136257

Median household income

$56,250$91,250

Median home value

$271,400$420,800

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,250

Oldtown

Population

246572

Median household income

$51,250$58,088

Median home value

$130,000$260,700

Median gross rent

$838$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Hope	Oldtown
Under 5	2.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	24.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	2.7%	20.1%
35 to 44	20.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	21.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	28.8%	8.2%
75 and over	5.1%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Hope	Oldtown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Hope	Oldtown
No high school diploma	0.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	12.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Hope	Oldtown
Drove alone	86.0%	93.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Hope	Oldtown
1-unit, detached	78.5%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	52.4%

Poverty & households

	East Hope	Oldtown
Poverty rate	1.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1970	1976