Hopewell vs Pennington

A side-by-side comparison of Hopewell and Pennington: population, income, housing, and more.

Hopewell and Pennington are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pennington has the higher population (2,798 vs 1,828 in Hopewell). Pennington has the higher median household income ($171,282 vs $142,396 in Hopewell). Pennington has the higher median home value ($608,200 vs $561,900 in Hopewell).

Population, income & housing

	Hopewell	Pennington
Population	1,828	2,798
Median age	44.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,396	$171,282
Median home value	$561,900	$608,200
Median gross rent	$1,712	$1,819
Housing units	816	1,268
Homeownership rate	79.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	73.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopewell	Pennington
Population	1,915 → 1,828 (-4.5%)	2,531 → 2,798 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$109,231 → $142,396 (+30.4%)	$132,500 → $171,282 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$412,700 → $561,900 (+36.2%)	$564,000 → $608,200 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,605 → $1,712 (+6.7%)	$1,539 → $1,819 (+18.2%)

Hopewell

Population

1,9151,828

Median household income

$109,231$142,396

Median home value

$412,700$561,900

Median gross rent

$1,605$1,712

Pennington

Population

2,5312,798

Median household income

$132,500$171,282

Median home value

$564,000$608,200

Median gross rent

$1,539$1,819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopewell	Pennington
Under 5	6.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	15.1%
75 and over	7.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopewell	Pennington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	83.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopewell	Pennington
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	12.6%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopewell	Pennington
Drove alone	62.4%	64.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.9%
Public transit	2.9%	2.8%
Walked	5.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	23.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopewell	Pennington
1-unit, detached	72.4%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopewell	Pennington
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1938	1956