Brainards vs Hope

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

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

Hope has the higher population (214 vs 172 in Brainards). Brainards has the higher median household income ($170,302 vs $78,750 in Hope). Hope has the higher median home value ($312,500 vs $121,600 in Brainards).

Population, income & housing

	Brainards	Hope
Population	172	214
Median age	58.2 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$170,302	$78,750
Median home value	$121,600	$312,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,303
Housing units	65	105
Homeownership rate	76.9%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brainards	Hope
Population	236 → 172 (-27.1%)	125 → 214 (+71.2%)
Median household income	$91,042 → $170,302 (+87.1%)	$91,364 → $78,750 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$167,000 → $121,600 (-27.2%)	$336,400 → $312,500 (-7.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,458 (+1.4%)	$1,917 → $1,303 (-32.0%)

Brainards

Population

236172

Median household income

$91,042$170,302

Median home value

$167,000$121,600

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,458

Hope

Population

125214

Median household income

$91,364$78,750

Median home value

$336,400$312,500

Median gross rent

$1,917$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brainards	Hope
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	4.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	29.9%
25 to 34	3.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	1.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	44.8%	31.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	4.7%
75 and over	3.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brainards	Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	18.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brainards	Hope
No high school diploma	11.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	44.4%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brainards	Hope
Drove alone	95.8%	70.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.6%
Walked	0.0%	24.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brainards	Hope
1-unit, detached	86.2%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brainards	Hope
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	46	24
Median year structure built	1938	1958