Hopedale is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Hopedale, 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.
What kind of neighbors does Hopedale have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
If Hopedale were 100 people, 28 would be 65 or older
Owners make up 64 in 100 households (IL: 67). Some 806 people live here (2025 Census estimate). Across IL, 38 in 100 adults have a bachelor’s degree or more; in Hopedale, 23. The census count changed by −4% from 2010 to 2020.
Median age 44.2 (IL 39).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.2 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 24 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Hopedale says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Hopedale
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Hopedale’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Hopedale 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 Hopedale 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.