In terms of college education, the citizens of Hope rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.10% of adults 25 and older in Hope have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Hope in 2022 was $26,157, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,628 for a family of four. However, Hope contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hope is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hope home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hope residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Hope also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.38% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hope include Irish, English, German, Polish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Hope is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
