About one in three working residents works right in Hope
About one in 3 of Hope’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Prescott (4%), Texarkana (4%) and Texarkana (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.
Hope’s public schools outperform 16% of Arkansas districts
The public schools Hope’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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Climate
Mild winters, hot summers
Hope has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 33°, and about 2 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
An age mix much like Arkansas’s, and fewer college graduates
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Arkansas average. 14% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 26% across Arkansas. 20% never finished high school.
41.3median age · AR 38.5
HopeArkansasUnited States
Ages · share of residents
15%
<1010–1718–2425–3435–4445–5455–6465–7475+
Education · adults 25 and older
No diploma20%
High school39%
Some college23%
Associate’s3%
Bachelor’s8%
Graduate6%
Ages and education in Hope
Hope
AR
U.S.
Under 10
14.6%
12.3%
11.6%
10 to 17
11.1%
10.8%
10.3%
18 to 24
8.6%
9.4%
9.1%
25 to 34
11.9%
13%
13.7%
35 to 44
8.4%
12.7%
13.2%
45 to 54
11.4%
11.8%
12.2%
55 to 64
14.6%
12.5%
12.7%
65 to 74
10.7%
10.3%
10.2%
75 and older
8.6%
7.2%
7%
No diploma
19.8%
11.3%
10.4%
High school
39.4%
34.1%
26%
Some college
23.2%
20.7%
19.1%
Associate’s
3.4%
8.2%
8.8%
Bachelor’s
7.7%
16.3%
21.6%
Graduate
6.4%
9.5%
14.1%
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimatesBy the numbers →
Natural hazards
Moderate risk, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities.
Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,095, and for the 2020 census, the population was 8,952. Hope is the birthplace of three Arkansas governors: Bill Clinton (also president of the United States from 1993 to 2001), Mike Huckabee (who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016), and Sarah Huckabee Sanders (the incumbent governor and daughter of Mike Huckabee).
