Grants Pass vs New Hope

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

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

Grants Pass has the higher population (39,183 vs 1,529 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median household income ($77,768 vs $56,877 in Grants Pass). New Hope has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $364,200 in Grants Pass).

Population, income & housing

	Grants Pass	New Hope
Population	39,183	1,529
Median age	40.8 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,877	$77,768
Median home value	$364,200	$421,500
Median gross rent	$1,160	—
Housing units	17,164	537
Homeownership rate	56.4%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grants Pass	New Hope
Population	37,545 → 39,183 (+4.4%)	1,593 → 1,529 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$44,185 → $56,877 (+28.7%)	$65,365 → $77,768 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $364,200 (+57.1%)	$297,900 → $421,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,160 (+24.9%)	$622 → $813 (+30.7%)

Grants Pass

Population

37,54539,183

Median household income

$44,185$56,877

Median home value

$231,800$364,200

Median gross rent

$929$1,160

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)

	Grants Pass	New Hope
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	25.2%
75 and over	9.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grants Pass	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grants Pass	New Hope
No high school diploma	9.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grants Pass	New Hope
Drove alone	74.0%	61.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	12.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	20.4%
Other means	1.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grants Pass	New Hope
1-unit, detached	68.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Grants Pass	New Hope
Poverty rate	15.5%	15.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1982	1979