New Hope vs South Pittsburg

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

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

South Pittsburg has the higher population (3,040 vs 928 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median household income ($62,396 vs $54,347 in South Pittsburg). South Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($160,700 vs $148,800 in New Hope).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	South Pittsburg
Population	928	3,040
Median age	38.9 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,396	$54,347
Median home value	$148,800	$160,700
Median gross rent	—	$796
Housing units	388	1,518
Homeownership rate	88.5%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	South Pittsburg
Population	840 → 928 (+10.5%)	3,051 → 3,040 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$53,603 → $62,396 (+16.4%)	$34,292 → $54,347 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $148,800 (+23.5%)	$92,600 → $160,700 (+73.5%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $950 (+26.7%)	$521 → $796 (+52.8%)

New Hope

Population

840928

Median household income

$53,603$62,396

Median home value

$120,500$148,800

Median gross rent

$750$950

South Pittsburg

Population

3,0513,040

Median household income

$34,292$54,347

Median home value

$92,600$160,700

Median gross rent

$521$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	South Pittsburg
Under 5	8.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	20.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.1%
75 and over	6.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	South Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	South Pittsburg
No high school diploma	15.5%	22.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	South Pittsburg
Drove alone	83.3%	58.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	35.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	2.8%
Other means	1.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	South Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	69.8%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	South Pittsburg
Poverty rate	23.5%	15.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1985	1977