New Hope vs Plumsteadville

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

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

Plumsteadville has the higher population (2,948 vs 2,623 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median household income ($158,929 vs $157,614 in Plumsteadville). New Hope has the higher median home value ($633,800 vs $555,300 in Plumsteadville).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	Plumsteadville
Population	2,623	2,948
Median age	58.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$158,929	$157,614
Median home value	$633,800	$555,300
Median gross rent	$1,957	$2,100
Housing units	1,477	1,027
Homeownership rate	63.0%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	Plumsteadville
Population	2,513 → 2,623 (+4.4%)	2,581 → 2,948 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$89,861 → $158,929 (+76.9%)	$107,051 → $157,614 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$589,700 → $633,800 (+7.5%)	$390,800 → $555,300 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,330 → $1,957 (+47.1%)	$1,406 → $2,100 (+49.4%)

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

Plumsteadville

Population

2,5812,948

Median household income

$107,051$157,614

Median home value

$390,800$555,300

Median gross rent

$1,406$2,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	Plumsteadville
Under 5	3.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	8.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	3.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	32.4%	23.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	4.7%
75 and over	12.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	Plumsteadville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	Plumsteadville
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.7%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	13.2%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	44.8%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	Plumsteadville
Drove alone	55.0%	57.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.2%	36.5%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	Plumsteadville
1-unit, detached	39.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	Plumsteadville
Poverty rate	3.8%	0.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1975	1996