Fremont vs New Hope

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

Fremont 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 948 in Fremont). New Hope has the higher median household income ($55,324 vs $41,477 in Fremont). New Hope has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $115,500 in Fremont).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont	New Hope
Population	948	1,200
Median age	39.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,477	$55,324
Median home value	$115,500	$156,500
Median gross rent	$824	—
Housing units	568	603
Homeownership rate	55.7%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont	New Hope
Population	948 → 948 (+0.0%)	1,328 → 1,200 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$40,102 → $41,477 (+3.4%)	$63,449 → $55,324 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $115,500 (+39.0%)	$129,500 → $156,500 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $824 (+18.2%)	—

Fremont

Population

948948

Median household income

$40,102$41,477

Median home value

$83,100$115,500

Median gross rent

$697$824

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)

	Fremont	New Hope
Under 5	5.6%	9.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	22.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	19.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.1%
75 and over	8.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	35.8%
Black or African American	41.9%	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	5.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont	New Hope
No high school diploma	16.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont	New Hope
Drove alone	74.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	19.2%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont	New Hope
1-unit, detached	85.0%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fremont	New Hope
Poverty rate	31.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1962	1981