New Hope vs Walnut Creek

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

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

Walnut Creek has the higher population (1,684 vs 1,200 in New Hope). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $55,324 in New Hope). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $156,500 in New Hope).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	Walnut Creek
Population	1,200	1,684
Median age	46.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,324	$145,417
Median home value	$156,500	$423,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,756
Housing units	603	599
Homeownership rate	70.3%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	Walnut Creek
Population	1,328 → 1,200 (-9.6%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$63,449 → $55,324 (-12.8%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$129,500 → $156,500 (+20.8%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

New Hope

Population

1,3281,200

Median household income

$63,449$55,324

Median home value

$129,500$156,500

Walnut Creek

Population

9941,684

Median household income

$132,500$145,417

Median home value

$373,600$423,800

Median gross rent

$1,700$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	Walnut Creek
Under 5	9.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.4%
75 and over	9.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	58.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	22.3%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	71.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	25.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	94.7%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1981	1988