About Hope
Hope is a tiny community in northwestern Idaho counting 107 people who proudly call it home.
Hope holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.98 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 109 residents per square mile.
📰 Hope News Today
- One person killed in crash near Hope, Idaho KXLY.com · Jul 30
- Hope Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
- 82-year-old Sandpoint man dies in crash near Hope KREM · Jul 30
- Shirley Domes Obituary | Lakeview Funeral Home and Cremation Service | Sandpoint, ID Tribute Archive · Aug 17
- ISP: 75-year-old woman killed in head-on crash near Hope, Idaho KTVB · Jun 10
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Hope Unique
- One of 8 places in the US named Hope — but the Idaho one has a character all its own.
- One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
- Positioned in northwestern Idaho, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hope
- Gamlin Lake Recreation Site · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Kullyspell House Monument Park reviews ★
- Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area reviews ★
- Trestle Creek Recreation Area reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Hope
- HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateIdaho
TypeCity
Population (2024)107
Rank in state#184 of 198
Land area0.98 sq mi
Density109/sq mi
Coordinates48.2504, -116.3046