Hopelawn vs Menlo Park Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Hopelawn and Menlo Park Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hopelawn has the higher population (2,986 vs 2,952 in Menlo Park Terrace). Menlo Park Terrace has the higher median household income ($111,111 vs $83,977 in Hopelawn). Menlo Park Terrace has the higher median home value ($379,100 vs $349,500 in Hopelawn).

Population, income & housing

	Hopelawn	Menlo Park Terrace
Population	2,986	2,952
Median age	53.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,977	$111,111
Median home value	$349,500	$379,100
Median gross rent	$1,245	$1,879
Housing units	1,348	931
Homeownership rate	58.5%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopelawn	Menlo Park Terrace
Population	2,457 → 2,986 (+21.5%)	2,503 → 2,952 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$68,663 → $83,977 (+22.3%)	$103,036 → $111,111 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$279,800 → $349,500 (+24.9%)	$334,200 → $379,100 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,245 (+7.0%)	$2,450 → $1,879 (-23.3%)

Hopelawn

Population

2,4572,986

Median household income

$68,663$83,977

Median home value

$279,800$349,500

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,245

Menlo Park Terrace

Population

2,5032,952

Median household income

$103,036$111,111

Median home value

$334,200$379,100

Median gross rent

$2,450$1,879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopelawn	Menlo Park Terrace
Under 5	2.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	6.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	17.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.7%
75 and over	19.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopelawn	Menlo Park Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	31.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.3%	28.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.4%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopelawn	Menlo Park Terrace
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	47.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopelawn	Menlo Park Terrace
Drove alone	70.3%	61.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.1%
Public transit	2.4%	11.3%
Walked	5.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopelawn	Menlo Park Terrace
1-unit, detached	59.2%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	22.5%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopelawn	Menlo Park Terrace
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.21	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1961	1954