New Hope vs Powells Crossroads

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

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

Powells Crossroads has the higher population (1,454 vs 928 in New Hope). Powells Crossroads has the higher median household income ($65,804 vs $62,396 in New Hope). Powells Crossroads has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $148,800 in New Hope).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	Powells Crossroads
Population	928	1,454
Median age	38.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,396	$65,804
Median home value	$148,800	$173,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,089
Housing units	388	672
Homeownership rate	88.5%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	Powells Crossroads
Population	840 → 928 (+10.5%)	1,483 → 1,454 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$53,603 → $62,396 (+16.4%)	$59,688 → $65,804 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $148,800 (+23.5%)	$116,300 → $173,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $950 (+26.7%)	$814 → $1,089 (+33.8%)

New Hope

Population

840928

Median household income

$53,603$62,396

Median home value

$120,500$148,800

Median gross rent

$750$950

Powells Crossroads

Population

1,4831,454

Median household income

$59,688$65,804

Median home value

$116,300$173,000

Median gross rent

$814$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	Powells Crossroads
Under 5	8.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.9%
75 and over	6.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	Powells Crossroads
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	Powells Crossroads
No high school diploma	15.5%	16.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	Powells Crossroads
Drove alone	83.3%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	7.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	Powells Crossroads
1-unit, detached	69.8%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	Powells Crossroads
Poverty rate	23.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1985	1980