Scales Mound is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Scales Mound, 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 Scales Mound have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
27 in every 100 people in Scales Mound are 65 or older
For every 100 workers, 10 work from home, beside 16 across IL. A bachelor’s degree or more: 14 in every 100 adults 25 and older. Scales Mound is home to about 419 people (2025 Census estimate).
Median age 38.8 (IL 39).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 3.7% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 37 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Scales Mound says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Scales Mound
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Scales Mound’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Scales Mound 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 Scales Mound 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.