About Hope

Hope is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 4,432 people and just one neighborhood, Hope is the 146th largest community in Indiana.

Hope is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hope is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hope who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.38%), sales jobs (9.87%), and teaching (6.08%).

Hope is a very car-oriented town. 97.88% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Hope is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Hope has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Hope is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hope Information and Demographics

The education level of Hope citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 16.47% of adults in Hope have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hope in 2000 was $17,514, which is middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,056 for a family of four.

The people who call Hope home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hope is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hope include German, English, Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Hope is English.