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Housing in New Hope

A typical New Hope home is worth roughly $281,000

Home prices around New Hope have risen about 49% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$281K
▲ 9.2% in a year · MS $198K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$880
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,133
MS $1,215

What kind of housing town is New Hope?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 49% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around New Hope rose 49% over the past 5 years, faster than across Mississippi (42%). Last year prices rose 9.2%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical New Hope home at roughly $281,000 today.

New Hope areaMississippi
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+9.2%
past year
+49%
past 5 years
+67%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $281K.

How New Hope ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around New Hope, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.5 years of income

About the same as across Mississippi. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$331,000
Typical New Hope home $281K

That covers a typical New Hope home, with $50K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,580
Loan $1,390Tax $110Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $700 less than owning.

How New Hope ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, New Hope’s typical property tax (0.48% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $880

Renters already here pay a median of $989.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$880
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,270
20%
of households rent · MS 30%
276
renter households
37%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MS 51%
13%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$989
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Lowndes County, MS): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

80% of New Hope households own their home

Half of New Hope’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

Mississippi: 70% own.

1991
typical home built · MS 1986
$1,133
median property tax bill · MS $1,215
0.48%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MS 0.72%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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