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Arkansas·Hempstead County
4 tracts·6K people·$92K median·544/mi²
Black 44 · White 32 · Hispanic 19 · Multiracial 5 · Asian 1 · Other 0
Living alone 45 · Married couple 34 · Other 21
Health 32 · Manufacturing 19 · Retail 17 · Professional 16 · Leisure 9 · Public admin 6 · Other 2
Production · transport 35 · Management · business · science · arts 23 · Service 19 · Sales · office 15 · Construction · maintenance 8
Drive alone 91 · Carpool 9 · Work from home 1 · Walk 1 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Hope is $91,900 (Census ACS) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
Hope has 8,671 residents across 2 census tracts and 4 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 41.3; the population is 44.0% Black, 32.0% White, 18.6% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% Multiracial, 0.7% Asian and 0.0% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 14.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 23.4% (Census ACS).
WM. JEFFERSON CLINTON PRIMARY SCHOOL is the elementary school with reported scores (28%); HOPE ACADEMY OF PUBLIC SERVICE (29%), BERYL HENRY UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (9%) and YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (8%) lead the middle schools; HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is the high school with reported scores (12%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $823/month, 48% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Hope is $37,500 a year, 56% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Hope, median rent is $823/month and the median home value is $91,900 (Census ACS).
Hope reported 10.4 violent crimes and 37.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 92°F; winter lows average 34°F; there are 68 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 55 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Hope are ice storm (100), hail (95) and strong wind (92), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.14g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Hope scores 8.9 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 0.8% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).