At 1.2%, unemployment in New Hope is lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.9% of residents (Mississippi 18.9%). The two grades for New Hope are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 2% stay in New Hope for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (41%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Hope: the figures worth knowing
New Hope is a place people come home to
There are 118 jobs based in New Hope, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Hope has about 2,700 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
41% of New Hope works in Columbus
560 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Columbus, 5.1 miles away. That’s 21 times as many as work in New Hope itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind New Hope’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Hope is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #5 of 99 in Mississippi. The poverty rate holds New Hope’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Hope could be anywhere from B to A.
How a workday changes New Hope
On a workday 1,322 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in New Hope on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from New Hope ends
Where New Hope clocks in
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What New Hope’s employers do
118 jobs are based in New Hope.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Hope, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 118. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from New Hope
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Hope workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,729 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles New Hope commutes
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in New Hope is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Hope is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #56 of 101 in Mississippi. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.8% across Mississippi, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,824 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of New Hope households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Hope’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Hope places 1,010th of 4,084 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 595 | Bridgetown MS | 3,195 | $139K | 1.0% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 948 | Gluckstadt MS | 3,500 | $124K | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,008 | Danby Township MI | 2,997 | $93K | 3.8% | 3.7% | 1% | A− |
| 1,009 | Pleasant Township OH | 3,138 | $78K | 6.4% | 1.8% | 3% | A− |
| 1,010 | New Hope MS | 3,952 | $80K | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| 1,011 | West Township IN | 3,773 | $89K | 5.6% | 0.9% | 3% | A− |
| 1,012 | North Hopewell Township PA | 2,805 | $109K | 3.6% | 4.9% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,032 | Saltillo MS | 5,060 | $81K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of New Hope, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in New Hope: questions
What is the median household income in New Hope?
$79,577 (±$16,828) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Hope?
2.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Hope?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Hope work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (41%, 5 mi), Starkville (4%, 28 mi), Tupelo (3%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Hope walkable?
New Hope is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Hope without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Hope
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.