Pastoria is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Pastoria, 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 Pastoria have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Pastoria: 50 owner households in every 100
10 in 100 adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, against 42 across VA. The population is about 863 (census survey, 2020–24). Kids under 18 are 31 in every 100 residents. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Pastoria changed by −3%.
Median age 39.2 (VA 39).
About 143 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±6.8 points). Among residents 25 to 34, 100% are men (VA 51%).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 27 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Pastoria says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Pastoria
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Pastoria’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Pastoria 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 Pastoria 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.