Merlin vs New Hope

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

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

New Hope has the higher population (1,529 vs 1,355 in Merlin). New Hope has the higher median household income ($77,768 vs $66,342 in Merlin). New Hope has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $419,100 in Merlin).

Population, income & housing

	Merlin	New Hope
Population	1,355	1,529
Median age	53.2 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,342	$77,768
Median home value	$419,100	$421,500
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	595	537
Homeownership rate	93.8%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merlin	New Hope
Population	1,922 → 1,355 (-29.5%)	1,593 → 1,529 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$57,157 → $66,342 (+16.1%)	$65,365 → $77,768 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$313,100 → $419,100 (+33.9%)	$297,900 → $421,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,090 (+61.0%)	$622 → $813 (+30.7%)

Merlin

Population

1,9221,355

Median household income

$57,157$66,342

Median home value

$313,100$419,100

Median gross rent

$677$1,090

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)

	Merlin	New Hope
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	1.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	19.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.3%	25.2%
75 and over	12.9%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merlin	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merlin	New Hope
No high school diploma	21.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merlin	New Hope
Drove alone	93.6%	61.7%
Carpooled	0.2%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merlin	New Hope
1-unit, detached	74.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Merlin	New Hope
Poverty rate	8.5%	15.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1990	1979