New Hope vs Pikeville

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

New Hope and Pikeville 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 747 in Pikeville). Pikeville has the higher median household income ($61,071 vs $55,324 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $133,400 in Pikeville).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	Pikeville
Population	1,200	747
Median age	46.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,324	$61,071
Median home value	$156,500	$133,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,019
Housing units	603	388
Homeownership rate	70.3%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	Pikeville
Population	1,328 → 1,200 (-9.6%)	606 → 747 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$63,449 → $55,324 (-12.8%)	$46,964 → $61,071 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$129,500 → $156,500 (+20.8%)	$124,300 → $133,400 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$852 → $1,019 (+19.6%)

New Hope

Population

1,3281,200

Median household income

$63,449$55,324

Median home value

$129,500$156,500

Pikeville

Population

606747

Median household income

$46,964$61,071

Median home value

$124,300$133,400

Median gross rent

$852$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	Pikeville
Under 5	9.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	5.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	19.8%
55 to 64	19.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	6.4%
75 and over	9.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	Pikeville
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	75.1%
Black or African American	58.4%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	Pikeville
No high school diploma	10.3%	20.8%
High school graduate	22.3%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	Pikeville
Drove alone	71.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	25.0%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	Pikeville
1-unit, detached	94.7%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	Pikeville
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1981	1975