Mount Hope is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Mount Hope, 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.
Mount Hope in 100 households: 52 owners (WV: 75)
For every 100 residents, 19 are under 18, beside 20 across WV. Population: about 1,234 (2025 Census estimate). Across WV, 24 in 100 adults have a bachelor’s degree or more; in Mount Hope, 12.
Median age 39.8 (WV 42.7).
About 82 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.7 points).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 5.1% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 20 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Mount Hope says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Mount Hope
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Mount Hope’s neighbors have built
1 contributions so far, one patch each.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope 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.