New Britain vs New Hope

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

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

New Britain has the higher population (2,822 vs 2,623 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median household income ($158,929 vs $123,819 in New Britain). New Hope has the higher median home value ($633,800 vs $388,100 in New Britain).

Population, income & housing

	New Britain	New Hope
Population	2,822	2,623
Median age	22.7 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$123,819	$158,929
Median home value	$388,100	$633,800
Median gross rent	$2,034	$1,957
Housing units	762	1,477
Homeownership rate	86.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Britain	New Hope
Population	2,966 → 2,822 (-4.9%)	2,513 → 2,623 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$98,088 → $123,819 (+26.2%)	$89,861 → $158,929 (+76.9%)
Median home value	$294,500 → $388,100 (+31.8%)	$589,700 → $633,800 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $2,034 (+23.8%)	$1,330 → $1,957 (+47.1%)

New Britain

Population

2,9662,822

Median household income

$98,088$123,819

Median home value

$294,500$388,100

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,034

New Hope

Population

2,5132,623

Median household income

$89,861$158,929

Median home value

$589,700$633,800

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Britain	New Hope
Under 5	2.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	8.2%
18 to 24	37.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	3.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	32.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.8%
75 and over	5.1%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Britain	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	85.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Britain	New Hope
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	18.2%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Britain	New Hope
Drove alone	64.9%	55.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	1.8%
Public transit	1.1%	1.4%
Walked	5.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	33.2%
Other means	0.3%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Britain	New Hope
1-unit, detached	68.2%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	32.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.7%
20 or more units	2.2%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Britain	New Hope
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.71	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1971	1975