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Burlington - Lowell, ME

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Overview


Burlington - Lowell is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,433 people and just one neighborhood, Burlington - Lowell is the 194th largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Burlington - Lowell is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.27% of the Burlington - Lowell workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Burlington - Lowell is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burlington - Lowell who work in office and administrative support (12.48%), teaching (8.61%), and healthcare (8.12%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Burlington - Lowell is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Burlington - Lowell has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Burlington - Lowell a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Burlington - Lowell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.93 minutes every day commuting to work.

Burlington - Lowell 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.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Burlington - Lowell who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.89% of the adults in Burlington - Lowell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Burlington - Lowell in 2022 was $27,704, which is low income relative to Maine, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,816 for a family of four. However, Burlington - Lowell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Burlington - Lowell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burlington - Lowell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Burlington - Lowell include English, Irish, French, German, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Burlington - Lowell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Burlington - Lowell, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 44.5%, which is higher than 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Diversity

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, 9.9% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 4.0% have French Canadian ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Burlington - Lowell are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% 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, 30.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 16.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Burlington - Lowell, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report French roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.5%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (4.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (75.2%) 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 (14.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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