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Municipality identity
What we know about New Hope Borough.
New Hope is a vibrant arts community on the Delaware River, known for its galleries, restaurants, boutiques, and the historic Bucks County Playhouse. Identity facts below are labeled so you know what is curated reference data versus what still needs official verification.
Municipality type Borough official
County Bucks County, PA official
Housing corridor River Corridor curated
Primary ZIP 18938 curated
Population 2,612 curated
Land area 1.4 sq mi curated
Established 1837 curated
Reference coordinates 40.3642, -74.9514 curated
Housing corridor
River Corridor
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18938
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
2,612
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Established
1837
Historical incorporation reference — verify with municipal records if material to your decision.
Reference coordinates
40.3642, -74.9514
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
New Hope Borough by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for New Hope Borough from the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024).
These are survey estimates with margins of error — context for a decision, not a current listing price.
Curated municipality-to-district mapping — still verify at the property address; some townships span district boundaries.
New Hope-Solebury School District schools — the district roster from the
federal NCES directory. Assignment within the district is set by the exact address, not the town.
Three bills. Three offices. County-published millage.
Bucks County property owners receive separate county, municipal, and school district tax bills. The rates below
are transcribed from the county's official millage sheet and apply to a property's county assessed value —
a fraction of market value — not its sale price.
County millage (2026)29.65 mills
official
New Hope Borough millage (2026)13.77 mills
official
New Hope-Solebury SD millage (2025–2026)120.5104 mills official
Combined total163.9304 mills
County (29.65 mills)
New Hope Borough (13.77 mills)
New Hope-Solebury SD (120.5104 mills)
Estimated annual total
Estimate only: assessed value × mills ÷ 1,000 per layer, before the homestead exclusion or
any interim adjustments. The county bill is what the offices say it is, not what a website computes.
Delaware River lifestyle, scenically constrained supply, and the county's highest-premium addresses.
Buyer framing (curated): Delaware River lifestyle premium, scenic supply constraints, and New Hope-Solebury / Council Rock / Pennsbury edges. Premium addresses with thin inventory.
Assessment, deed, parcel, and municipal contact checks belong in every serious housing decision. These links route to official or curated public-source hubs — not secondary aggregators.
Production housing intelligence means honest gaps — not filler. These items still need official source input or licensed data before they can be published as facts.
Decision signals
What matters before you act in New Hope Borough.
01
official
Tax layers
County + municipal + school
Every Bucks County property has three separate tax bills. Millage rates are not published on this profile — verify with the Board of Assessment and municipal tax office.
02
curated
School district
New Hope-Solebury SD
Curated municipality mapping. District assignment is still address-level — verify before you act.
03
curated
Market corridor
River Corridor
Delaware River lifestyle, scenically constrained supply, and the county's highest-premium addresses.
04
curated
Municipality overview
Curated
Overview drawn from curated municipal reference data — not a market valuation.
County context
How New Hope Borough compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $716,200, the median home in New Hope Borough runs 60.9% above the $445,250 county
median — 5th highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income runs 54.4% above the county at $175,156. Owner-occupancy sits at 71.2%, close to the county's mix of owners and renters.
The mean one-way commute is 34.8 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
New Hope Borough
County median
Rank
Median home value
$716,200
$445,250
5th of 54 +60.9%
Median household income
$175,156
$113,475
6th of 54 +54.4%
Median gross rent
$2,000
$1,575
11th of 52 +27%
Owner-occupied share
71.2%
80.7%
40th of 54 -11.8%
Mean commute
34.8 min
28.9 min
8th of 54 +20.4%
Median age
58.1
44.1
2nd of 54 +31.9%
Population density
1,866 / sq mi
—
1.4 sq mi total
Ranks and county medians are computed across all Bucks County municipalities reporting each measure in the
American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Rank 1 is the highest value, not the "best" —
a high median home value and a long commute are both rank 1 at the top of their columns.
Similar towns
If New Hope Borough fits, look at these next.
Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing New Hope Borough usually ends up comparing it against.
Exposure: Delaware River · Aquetong Creek · Delaware Canal
New Hope’s riverfront commercial district — the reason buyers want the address — is also its
flood exposure. The Delaware main-stem floods of September 2004, April 2005, and June 2006 each
put water into riverfront blocks, and the Delaware Canal and Aquetong Creek add interior flood
paths away from the river itself.
Riverfront and canal-side parcels commonly map to Zone AE; elevation changes fast moving uphill
from the river, so two addresses a block apart can carry very different designations. Verify the
FIRM panel at the exact address and price flood insurance into any riverfront purchase before
you offer.
The towpath runs the length of town and continues for miles up and down the river.
Landmark
New Hope–Lambertville bridge
A walkable river crossing — two towns' dining and gallery scenes function as one.
Roads
US 202 / PA 32 (River Road)
US 202 connects to Doylestown and New Jersey; River Road is the scenic (and flood-prone) river spine.
New Hope’s lifestyle is the county’s most distinctive: a river-town arts economy where the
canal towpath is the morning jog, the Lambertville bridge is the evening walk, and the weekend
crowds are the price of living somewhere people visit on purpose. Residents plan around the
tourist calendar the way suburbanites plan around school pickup.
There is no commuter rail — the heritage New Hope Railroad runs excursions, not commutes — so
this is a car-first address: US 202 to Doylestown’s SEPTA terminus or across the river toward
the NJ Transit corridor. Buyers here are choosing the town itself, not the commute, and the
flood section of this profile is required reading for anything near River Road.
A New Hope Borough address is presumed to sit in New Hope-Solebury SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $716,200 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar New Hope Borough homes can carry very different bills.
New Hope Borough is served by New Hope-Solebury SD. School assignment in Bucks County is address-level — some townships span attendance boundaries — so always confirm the assigned school for a specific property with the district before making an offer.
What is the median home value in New Hope Borough?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in New Hope Borough is about $716K, per the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, table B25077). ACS figures are survey estimates with a margin of error, not current listing prices — use them for context, not pricing.
Who lives in New Hope Borough?
New Hope Borough has a median household income of about $175K, a median age of 58.1, 71.2% owner-occupied households, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024). See the market snapshot on this page for the full census-cited profile.
What are property taxes like in New Hope Borough?
New Hope Borough property owners pay three separate bills totaling 163.9304 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, New Hope Borough 13.77 mills, and New Hope-Solebury SD 120.5104 mills. Mills apply to the assessed value — a fraction of market value — so estimate a bill as assessed value × mills ÷ 1,000, and verify rates with the Board of Assessment before closing.
What is the average commute from New Hope Borough?
Workers living in New Hope Borough average about 34.8 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). New Hope Borough sits in the River Corridor corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is New Hope Borough in?
New Hope Borough is a borough in the River Corridor corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18938). Delaware River lifestyle, scenically constrained supply, and the county's highest-premium addresses.
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