Bradley - Milford is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 4,735 people and just one neighborhood, Bradley - Milford is the 89th largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bradley - Milford is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bradley - Milford is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bradley - Milford who work in office and administrative support (18.26%), management occupations (14.87%), and sales jobs (5.74%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.42% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bradley - Milford has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bradley - Milford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bradley - Milford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bradley - Milford may be for you.
Bradley - Milford is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Bradley - Milford who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.48% of the adults in Bradley - Milford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bradley - Milford in 2022 was $32,104, which is lower middle income relative to Maine, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,416 for a family of four. However, Bradley - Milford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bradley - Milford is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bradley - Milford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bradley - Milford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bradley - Milford include English, French, Irish, French Canadian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Bradley - Milford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and German/Yiddish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Bradley - Milford, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Bradley - Milford neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 5.4% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bradley - Milford are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 32.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.2%), and 19.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.7% of households. Some people also speak Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) (2.7%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Bradley - Milford, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.7%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (18.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (6.4%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (5.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.