Hope vs Mineral Springs

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

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

Hope has the higher population (1,988 vs 768 in Mineral Springs). Mineral Springs has the higher median household income ($104,886 vs $68,015 in Hope). Mineral Springs has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $127,200 in Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Hope	Mineral Springs
Population	1,988	768
Median age	31.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,015	$104,886
Median home value	$127,200	$221,500
Median gross rent	$1,101	—
Housing units	781	299
Homeownership rate	77.5%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope	Mineral Springs
Population	2,474 → 1,988 (-19.6%)	806 → 768 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$48,155 → $68,015 (+41.2%)	$108,246 → $104,886 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $127,200 (+55.1%)	$197,500 → $221,500 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,101 (+35.8%)	—

Hope

Population

2,4741,988

Median household income

$48,155$68,015

Median home value

$82,000$127,200

Median gross rent

$811$1,101

Mineral Springs

Population

806768

Median household income

$108,246$104,886

Median home value

$197,500$221,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope	Mineral Springs
Under 5	8.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.1%	5.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	17.0%	25.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.2%
75 and over	3.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope	Mineral Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope	Mineral Springs
No high school diploma	14.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	44.5%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope	Mineral Springs
Drove alone	81.4%	84.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope	Mineral Springs
1-unit, detached	87.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hope	Mineral Springs
Poverty rate	15.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1967	1979