Cave Junction vs New Hope

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

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

Cave Junction has the higher population (1,701 vs 1,529 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median household income ($77,768 vs $35,927 in Cave Junction). New Hope has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $252,000 in Cave Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Junction	New Hope
Population	1,701	1,529
Median age	41.7 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,927	$77,768
Median home value	$252,000	$421,500
Median gross rent	$1,076	—
Housing units	977	537
Homeownership rate	69.3%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Junction	New Hope
Population	2,479 → 1,701 (-31.4%)	1,593 → 1,529 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $35,927 (+36.9%)	$65,365 → $77,768 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $252,000 (+50.5%)	$297,900 → $421,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,076 (+23.1%)	$622 → $813 (+30.7%)

Cave Junction

Population

2,4791,701

Median household income

$26,250$35,927

Median home value

$167,400$252,000

Median gross rent

$874$1,076

New Hope

Population

1,5931,529

Median household income

$65,365$77,768

Median home value

$297,900$421,500

Median gross rent

$622$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Junction	New Hope
Under 5	7.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	6.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	20.5%	25.2%
75 and over	9.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Junction	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Junction	New Hope
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Junction	New Hope
Drove alone	58.6%	61.7%
Carpooled	17.2%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Junction	New Hope
1-unit, detached	66.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Cave Junction	New Hope
Poverty rate	42.2%	15.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1988	1979