New Hope is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,588. The CDP is in eastern Wayne County, bordered to the west by the city of Goldsboro, the county seat. It is bordered to the north by Old Mill Branch and West Bear Creek, which flows east to Bear Creek and then south to the Neuse River. It is bordered to the south by the EC Line of the North Carolina Railroad.