Moving to Mount Hope, Wisconsin

Population: 225. Estimated population in July 2024: 227 (+0.9% change)
Males: 116 (51.6%), Females: 109 (48.4%)

Grant County

Zip code: 53816

Demographics

Median resident age: 39.8 years
Median household income: $35,000
Median house value: $70,000

Population by Race

Races in Mount Hope:

• White Non-Hispanic (99.6%)

Ancestries: German (62.7%), Irish (22.2%), English (14.2%), Czech (5.3%), Dutch (5.3%), Scottish (2.2%).

Elevation: 1100 feet

Land area: 0.3 square miles

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Mount Hope

• High school or higher: 89.2%
• Bachelor’s degree or higher: 7.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
• Unemployed: 4.4%
• Mean travel time to work: 19.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mount Hope town

• Never married: 20.3%
• Now married: 68.5%
• Separated: 1.5%
• Widowed: 4.6%
• Divorced: 5.1%

0.0% Foreign born

Population change in the 1990s: -26 (-10.4%).

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Hope:

• GRANT REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (about 14 miles; LANCASTER, WI)
• BOSCOBEL AREA HEALTH CARE (about 17 miles; BOSCOBEL, WI)
• PRAIRIE DU CHIEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mount Hope:

• DUBUQUE REGIONAL (about 41 miles; DUBUQUE, IA; Abbreviation: DBQ)
• LA CROSSE MUNI (about 68 miles; LA CROSSE, WI; Abbreviation: LSE)
• VOLK FIELD (about 79 miles; CAMP DOUGLAS, WI; Abbreviation: VOK)

Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Hope:

• PRAIRIE DU CHIEN MUNI (about 19 miles; PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI; Abbreviation: PDC)
• BOSCOBEL (about 19 miles; BOSCOBEL, WI; Abbreviation: OVS)
• LANCASTER MUNI (about 20 miles; LANCASTER, WI; Abbreviation: 73C)

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mount Hope:

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE (about 31 miles; PLATTEVILLE, WI; Full-time enrollment: 5,045)
• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE (about 62 miles; LA CROSSE, WI; Full-time enrollment: 8,669)
• UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles; FAYETTE, IA; Full-time enrollment: 3,173)
• WESTERN WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 69 miles; LA CROSSE, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,973)
• LUTHER COLLEGE (about 69 miles; DECORAH, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,566)
• NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CALMAR (about 74 miles; CALMAR, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,393)
• KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Full-time enrollment: 7,991)