Long Valley vs Mount Hope

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

Long Valley 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 2,107 in Long Valley). Long Valley has the higher median household income ($106,528 vs $87,927 in Mount Hope). Long Valley has the higher median home value ($452,400 vs $387,800 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Long Valley	Mount Hope
Population	2,107	3,082
Median age	49.4 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,528	$87,927
Median home value	$452,400	$387,800
Median gross rent	$1,717	$1,745
Housing units	883	1,629
Homeownership rate	84.1%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Valley	Mount Hope
Population	2,201 → 2,107 (-4.3%)	3,249 → 3,082 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$104,722 → $106,528 (+1.7%)	$76,848 → $87,927 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$394,200 → $452,400 (+14.8%)	$301,500 → $387,800 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,979 → $1,717 (-13.2%)	$1,579 → $1,745 (+10.5%)

Long Valley

Population

2,2012,107

Median household income

$104,722$106,528

Median home value

$394,200$452,400

Median gross rent

$1,979$1,717

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)

	Long Valley	Mount Hope
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	8.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	5.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	16.5%
75 and over	8.4%	28.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Valley	Mount Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Valley	Mount Hope
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	13.9%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Valley	Mount Hope
Drove alone	77.4%	62.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.2%
Public transit	4.7%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	28.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Valley	Mount Hope
1-unit, detached	82.9%	25.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	55.4%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Valley	Mount Hope
Poverty rate	7.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.62	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	46	25
Median year structure built	1969	2002