New Hope vs Yardley

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

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

New Hope has the higher population (2,623 vs 2,596 in Yardley). New Hope has the higher median household income ($158,929 vs $118,750 in Yardley). New Hope has the higher median home value ($633,800 vs $469,600 in Yardley).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	Yardley
Population	2,623	2,596
Median age	58.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$158,929	$118,750
Median home value	$633,800	$469,600
Median gross rent	$1,957	$1,375
Housing units	1,477	1,237
Homeownership rate	63.0%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	Yardley
Population	2,513 → 2,623 (+4.4%)	2,480 → 2,596 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$89,861 → $158,929 (+76.9%)	$93,875 → $118,750 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$589,700 → $633,800 (+7.5%)	$363,300 → $469,600 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,330 → $1,957 (+47.1%)	$1,330 → $1,375 (+3.4%)

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

Yardley

Population

2,4802,596

Median household income

$93,875$118,750

Median home value

$363,300$469,600

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	Yardley
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	3.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	32.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.3%
75 and over	12.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	Yardley
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	Yardley
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	7.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	13.2%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	Yardley
Drove alone	55.0%	64.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.2%
Public transit	1.4%	2.9%
Walked	4.4%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	33.2%	19.9%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	Yardley
1-unit, detached	39.7%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	8.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	Yardley
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1975	1963