Grimes is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Grimes, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
Grimes in 100 people: 0 kids under 18 (CA: 22)
100 in 100 workers work from home, against 17 across CA. Grimes has about 280 residents (census survey, 2020–24). Across CA, 37 in 100 adults have a bachelor’s degree or more; locally, 6.
Median age 57.9 (CA 37.9).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 12.9% of all residents are in college now.
Workers 16 and older.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Grimes says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Grimes
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Grimes’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Grimes or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Grimes in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.