Herington vs Hope

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

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

Herington has the higher population (2,105 vs 463 in Hope). Herington has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $48,750 in Hope). Hope has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $79,000 in Herington).

Population, income & housing

	Herington	Hope
Population	2,105	463
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$48,750
Median home value	$79,000	$105,900
Median gross rent	$916	$725
Housing units	1,227	199
Homeownership rate	70.7%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herington	Hope
Population	2,147 → 2,105 (-2.0%)	400 → 463 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$34,181 → $68,214 (+99.6%)	$43,750 → $48,750 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $79,000 (+32.1%)	$73,600 → $105,900 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $916 (+42.5%)	$530 → $725 (+36.8%)

Herington

Population

2,1472,105

Median household income

$34,181$68,214

Median home value

$59,800$79,000

Median gross rent

$643$916

Hope

Population

400463

Median household income

$43,750$48,750

Median home value

$73,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$530$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herington	Hope
Under 5	6.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.2%	6.0%
75 and over	7.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herington	Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herington	Hope
No high school diploma	10.4%	16.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herington	Hope
Drove alone	84.8%	92.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	6.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herington	Hope
1-unit, detached	88.7%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Herington	Hope
Poverty rate	6.9%	36.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1938	1955