Hilltop vs Mount Hope

A side-by-side comparison of Hilltop and Mount Hope: population, income, housing, and more.

Hilltop and Mount Hope are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Hope has the higher population (1,369 vs 655 in Hilltop). Hilltop has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $26,983 in Mount Hope). Mount Hope has the higher median home value ($91,900 vs $61,900 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Hilltop	Mount Hope
Population	655	1,369
Median age	50.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$26,983
Median home value	$61,900	$91,900
Median gross rent	—	$545
Housing units	236	665
Homeownership rate	82.5%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilltop	Mount Hope
Population	808 → 655 (-18.9%)	980 → 1,369 (+39.7%)
Median household income	$71,167 → $48,750 (-31.5%)	$23,333 → $26,983 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $61,900 (-16.1%)	$67,600 → $91,900 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$268 → $545 (+103.4%)

Hilltop

Population

808655

Median household income

$71,167$48,750

Median home value

$73,800$61,900

Mount Hope

Population

9801,369

Median household income

$23,333$26,983

Median home value

$67,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$268$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilltop	Mount Hope
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	6.4%	9.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	3.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	29.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	18.3%
75 and over	24.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilltop	Mount Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.5%
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	1.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilltop	Mount Hope
No high school diploma	19.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	53.8%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilltop	Mount Hope
Drove alone	43.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	21.3%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	4.0%
Other means	9.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilltop	Mount Hope
1-unit, detached	85.6%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Hilltop	Mount Hope
Poverty rate	20.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1949	1951