Drakes Branch is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Drakes Branch, 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 Drakes Branch have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Drakes Branch in 100 people: 31 aged 65 or older (VA: 17)
Roughly 519 people live in Drakes Branch (2025 Census estimate). The 2010 and 2020 censuses put the change at +1%. Kids under 18 are 13 in every 100 residents. For every 100 adults 25 and older, 14 have a bachelor’s degree or more, beside 42 across VA.
Median age 52.2 (VA 39).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±10 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 12.9% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 29 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Drakes Branch says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Drakes Branch
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Drakes Branch’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Drakes Branch 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 Drakes Branch 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.