Coaldale vs Hopewell

A side-by-side comparison of Coaldale and Hopewell: population, income, housing, and more.

Coaldale and Hopewell are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hopewell has the higher population (149 vs 60 in Coaldale). Coaldale has the higher median household income ($63,333 vs $41,875 in Hopewell). Hopewell has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $55,000 in Coaldale).

Population, income & housing

	Coaldale	Hopewell
Population	60	149
Median age	53.5 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,333	$41,875
Median home value	$55,000	$104,200
Median gross rent	$775	$658
Housing units	23	86
Homeownership rate	68.2%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coaldale	Hopewell
Population	123 → 60 (-51.2%)	279 → 149 (-46.6%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $63,333 (+87.7%)	$33,750 → $41,875 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$55,300 → $55,000 (-0.5%)	$79,200 → $104,200 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $775 (+61.5%)	$531 → $658 (+23.9%)

Coaldale

Population

12360

Median household income

$33,750$63,333

Median home value

$55,300$55,000

Median gross rent

$480$775

Hopewell

Population

279149

Median household income

$33,750$41,875

Median home value

$79,200$104,200

Median gross rent

$531$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coaldale	Hopewell
Under 5	6.7%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	1.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	23.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	15.0%	21.5%
75 and over	11.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coaldale	Hopewell
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coaldale	Hopewell
No high school diploma	10.6%	21.2%
High school graduate	74.5%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coaldale	Hopewell
Drove alone	100.0%	90.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coaldale	Hopewell
1-unit, detached	87.0%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Coaldale	Hopewell
Poverty rate	3.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	43	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938