New Hope vs Whitwell

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

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

Whitwell has the higher population (1,863 vs 928 in New Hope). Whitwell has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $62,396 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $121,700 in Whitwell).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	Whitwell
Population	928	1,863
Median age	38.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,396	$62,500
Median home value	$148,800	$121,700
Median gross rent	—	$834
Housing units	388	1,030
Homeownership rate	88.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	Whitwell
Population	840 → 928 (+10.5%)	1,798 → 1,863 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$53,603 → $62,396 (+16.4%)	$42,727 → $62,500 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $148,800 (+23.5%)	$84,600 → $121,700 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $950 (+26.7%)	$713 → $834 (+17.0%)

New Hope

Population

840928

Median household income

$53,603$62,396

Median home value

$120,500$148,800

Median gross rent

$750$950

Whitwell

Population

1,7981,863

Median household income

$42,727$62,500

Median home value

$84,600$121,700

Median gross rent

$713$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	Whitwell
Under 5	8.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	11.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	20.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.3%
75 and over	6.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	Whitwell
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	Whitwell
No high school diploma	15.5%	21.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	Whitwell
Drove alone	83.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	11.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	Whitwell
1-unit, detached	69.8%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	Whitwell
Poverty rate	23.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1985	1979