Cascades is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Cascades, 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 Cascades have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
If Cascades were 100 adults, 68 would have a bachelor’s degree or more
From the 2010 census to the 2020 one, the change was +4%. The population is about 12,357 (census survey, 2020–24). 30 in 100 workers work from home. Owners make up 72 in 100 households (VA: 67).
Median age 39 (VA 39).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.7 points. Median age: women 42.7, men 36.1.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 6% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 28 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Cascades says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 5 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in Cascades
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Cascades’s neighbors have built
1 contributions so far, one patch each.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Cascades 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 Cascades 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.