No separate population statistic is available for Hop Pole. The best available report is for the whole Deeping St Nicholas civil parish with a total of 1323 people within 505 dwellings. There are approximately 40 homes in Hop Pole, around 105 people pro-rata.
Hop Pole falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.
Hop Pole had three pubs: The Oat Sheaf Inn (closed 1957 and since demolished), The Blue Bell Inn (closed 2012 and now a motorhome stop-over site) and the Hop Pole Inn (closed in 1928 following the death of its long-serving landlord, Charles Stainsby).