Mount Hope vs Stirling

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

Mount Hope and Stirling 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 2,868 in Stirling). Stirling has the higher median household income ($158,043 vs $87,927 in Mount Hope). Stirling has the higher median home value ($671,800 vs $387,800 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Hope	Stirling
Population	3,082	2,868
Median age	60.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,927	$158,043
Median home value	$387,800	$671,800
Median gross rent	$1,745	$1,710
Housing units	1,629	888
Homeownership rate	86.9%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Hope	Stirling
Population	3,249 → 3,082 (-5.1%)	2,700 → 2,868 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$76,848 → $87,927 (+14.4%)	$124,883 → $158,043 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $387,800 (+28.6%)	$581,000 → $671,800 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,579 → $1,745 (+10.5%)	$1,553 → $1,710 (+10.1%)

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

Stirling

Population

2,7002,868

Median household income

$124,883$158,043

Median home value

$581,000$671,800

Median gross rent

$1,553$1,710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Hope	Stirling
Under 5	5.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.3%
75 and over	28.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Hope	Stirling
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	68.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Hope	Stirling
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Hope	Stirling
Drove alone	62.9%	69.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	1.8%
Public transit	2.6%	7.1%
Walked	4.1%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Hope	Stirling
1-unit, detached	25.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	55.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Hope	Stirling
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.6%
Average household size	1.91	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2002	1964