Hope is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 8,624 people and four associated neighborhoods, Hope is the 43rd largest community in Arkansas.

The citizens of Hope are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.10% of adults in Hope have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

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.