Hope vs Mount Hermon

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

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

Mount Hermon has the higher population (237 vs 214 in Hope). Hope has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $71,250 in Mount Hermon). Mount Hermon has the higher median home value ($396,900 vs $312,500 in Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Hope	Mount Hermon
Population	214	237
Median age	54.6 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$71,250
Median home value	$312,500	$396,900
Median gross rent	$1,303	—
Housing units	105	96
Homeownership rate	54.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope	Mount Hermon
Population	125 → 214 (+71.2%)	120 → 237 (+97.5%)
Median household income	$91,364 → $78,750 (-13.8%)	$91,500 → $71,250 (-22.1%)
Median home value	$336,400 → $312,500 (-7.1%)	$328,600 → $396,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,917 → $1,303 (-32.0%)	—

Hope

Population

125214

Median household income

$91,364$78,750

Median home value

$336,400$312,500

Median gross rent

$1,917$1,303

Mount Hermon

Population

120237

Median household income

$91,500$71,250

Median home value

$328,600$396,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope	Mount Hermon
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	4.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	29.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	1.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	31.8%	26.6%
65 to 74	4.7%	5.9%
75 and over	10.3%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope	Mount Hermon
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	87.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope	Mount Hermon
No high school diploma	16.3%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope	Mount Hermon
Drove alone	70.2%	40.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	52.2%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	24.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope	Mount Hermon
1-unit, detached	96.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
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

	Hope	Mount Hermon
Poverty rate	1.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	41
Median year structure built	1958	1968