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New Hope is a small town of 3,952 people in Lowndes County, Mississippi. It's about 49 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL and 89 miles from Birmingham, AL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 56°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $238k and rent runs about $989 a month.
3,952people
$238kTypical home
$989/moRent
94° / 56°Summer / winter
0"Snow
247Sunny days
100Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,952
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 785 people per sq mi
- 89 mi to Birmingham, AL
- 49 mi to Tuscaloosa, AL
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $238k (≈$1,502/mo)
- Median rent $989/mo
- Median household income $80k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 56°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 247 sunny days a year (117 totally clear)
- 118 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 100 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (266 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,018 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 44% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to GTR airport
- 92 mi to BHM (major hub)
- 78 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 259 ft
- 189 mi to the ocean
- 98 mi to a big lake
- 76 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 260 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 45 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Mississippi districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 33 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lowndes County: R+8 in 2024
- Mississippi: R+23 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk