Great Bend is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Great Bend, 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 Great Bend have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Great Bend in 100 adults: 16 with a bachelor’s degree or more (PA: 35)
For every 100 workers, 20 work from home, beside 16 across PA. The 2010 and 2020 censuses put the change at −15%. Population: about 620 (2025 Census estimate). People 65 and older are 29 in every 100 residents.
Median age 56.5 (PA 40.9).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.8 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 6.4% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 19 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Great Bend says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Great Bend
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Great Bend’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Great Bend 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 Great Bend 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.