Hopelawn vs Port Reading

A side-by-side comparison of Hopelawn and Port Reading: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Reading has the higher population (3,775 vs 2,986 in Hopelawn). Port Reading has the higher median household income ($142,986 vs $83,977 in Hopelawn). Port Reading has the higher median home value ($414,900 vs $349,500 in Hopelawn).

Population, income & housing

	Hopelawn	Port Reading
Population	2,986	3,775
Median age	53.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,977	$142,986
Median home value	$349,500	$414,900
Median gross rent	$1,245	—
Housing units	1,348	1,225
Homeownership rate	58.5%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopelawn	Port Reading
Population	2,457 → 2,986 (+21.5%)	3,864 → 3,775 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$68,663 → $83,977 (+22.3%)	$89,022 → $142,986 (+60.6%)
Median home value	$279,800 → $349,500 (+24.9%)	$293,200 → $414,900 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,245 (+7.0%)	$1,365 → $1,307 (-4.2%)

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

Port Reading

Population

3,8643,775

Median household income

$89,022$142,986

Median home value

$293,200$414,900

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopelawn	Port Reading
Under 5	2.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	6.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.4%
75 and over	19.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopelawn	Port Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	31.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.3%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	44.4%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopelawn	Port Reading
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopelawn	Port Reading
Drove alone	70.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.3%
Public transit	2.4%	7.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopelawn	Port Reading
1-unit, detached	59.2%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopelawn	Port Reading
Poverty rate	4.8%	1.8%
Average household size	2.21	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1961	1962