Gillette vs Mount Hope

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

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

Mount Hope has the higher population (3,082 vs 2,739 in Gillette). Gillette has the higher median household income ($160,272 vs $87,927 in Mount Hope). Gillette has the higher median home value ($634,400 vs $387,800 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Gillette	Mount Hope
Population	2,739	3,082
Median age	42.3 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$160,272	$87,927
Median home value	$634,400	$387,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,745
Housing units	1,083	1,629
Homeownership rate	94.0%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gillette	Mount Hope
Population	2,635 → 2,739 (+3.9%)	3,249 → 3,082 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$150,712 → $160,272 (+6.3%)	$76,848 → $87,927 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$571,800 → $634,400 (+10.9%)	$301,500 → $387,800 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,309 → $3,501 (+5.8%)	$1,579 → $1,745 (+10.5%)

Gillette

Population

2,6352,739

Median household income

$150,712$160,272

Median home value

$571,800$634,400

Median gross rent

$3,309$3,501

Mount Hope

Population

3,2493,082

Median household income

$76,848$87,927

Median home value

$301,500$387,800

Median gross rent

$1,579$1,745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gillette	Mount Hope
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	8.3%
18 to 24	2.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	22.9%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	16.5%
75 and over	9.0%	28.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gillette	Mount Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gillette	Mount Hope
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	9.5%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	45.7%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gillette	Mount Hope
Drove alone	62.1%	62.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	2.2%
Public transit	1.2%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.7%	28.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gillette	Mount Hope
1-unit, detached	90.9%	25.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	55.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gillette	Mount Hope
Poverty rate	8.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.52	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1964	2002