Alma is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Alma, 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.
If Alma were 100 households, 80 would own their home
For every 100 adults 25 and older, 12 have a bachelor’s degree or more, beside 38 across IL. Roughly 302 people live in Alma (2025 Census estimate). Home is the workplace for 0 in every 100 workers.
Median age 43.7 (IL 39).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 3.9% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 18 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Alma says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Alma
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Alma’s neighbors have built
1 contributions so far, one patch each.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Alma 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 Alma 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.