Eureka vs New Hope

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

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

New Hope has the higher population (1,200 vs 203 in Eureka). Eureka has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $55,324 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $115,600 in Eureka).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	New Hope
Population	203	1,200
Median age	44.5 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$55,324
Median home value	$115,600	$156,500
Median gross rent	$860	—
Housing units	109	603
Homeownership rate	67.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	New Hope
Population	187 → 203 (+8.6%)	1,328 → 1,200 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $57,917 (+41.6%)	$63,449 → $55,324 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $115,600 (+37.0%)	$129,500 → $156,500 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $860 (+7.5%)	—

Eureka

Population

187203

Median household income

$40,893$57,917

Median home value

$84,400$115,600

Median gross rent

$800$860

New Hope

Population

1,3281,200

Median household income

$63,449$55,324

Median home value

$129,500$156,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	New Hope
Under 5	3.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	5.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.1%
75 and over	12.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	35.8%
Black or African American	20.2%	58.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	13.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	New Hope
No high school diploma	13.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	25.3%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	New Hope
Drove alone	80.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	New Hope
1-unit, detached	83.5%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	New Hope
Poverty rate	5.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1964	1981