Mount Hope vs Netcong

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

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

Netcong has the higher population (3,543 vs 3,082 in Mount Hope). Netcong has the higher median household income ($92,596 vs $87,927 in Mount Hope). Mount Hope has the higher median home value ($387,800 vs $344,300 in Netcong).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Hope	Netcong
Population	3,082	3,543
Median age	60.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,927	$92,596
Median home value	$387,800	$344,300
Median gross rent	$1,745	$1,396
Housing units	1,629	1,973
Homeownership rate	86.9%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Hope	Netcong
Population	3,249 → 3,082 (-5.1%)	3,177 → 3,543 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$76,848 → $87,927 (+14.4%)	$69,375 → $92,596 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $387,800 (+28.6%)	$273,000 → $344,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,579 → $1,745 (+10.5%)	$1,166 → $1,396 (+19.7%)

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

Netcong

Population

3,1773,543

Median household income

$69,375$92,596

Median home value

$273,000$344,300

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Hope	Netcong
Under 5	5.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	8.3%	7.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	25.3%
65 to 74	16.5%	8.7%
75 and over	28.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Hope	Netcong
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	62.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Hope	Netcong
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Hope	Netcong
Drove alone	62.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.6%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	19.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Hope	Netcong
1-unit, detached	25.1%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	17.2%
20 or more units	55.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Hope	Netcong
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.4%
Average household size	1.91	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	2002	1956