Greenbush - Passadumkeag is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 1,852 people and just one neighborhood, Greenbush - Passadumkeag is the 229th largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Greenbush - Passadumkeag is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greenbush - Passadumkeag is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenbush - Passadumkeag who work in office and administrative support (16.83%), teaching (9.52%), and sales jobs (8.19%).
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!) Greenbush - Passadumkeag 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. Greenbush - Passadumkeag has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Greenbush - Passadumkeag than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Greenbush - Passadumkeag may be for you.
One downside of living in Greenbush - Passadumkeag is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Greenbush - Passadumkeag, the average commute to work is 33.45 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Greenbush - Passadumkeag does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Greenbush - Passadumkeag with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.79% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Greenbush - Passadumkeag in 2022 was $26,684, 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 $106,736 for a family of four. However, Greenbush - Passadumkeag contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Greenbush - Passadumkeag home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenbush - Passadumkeag residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Greenbush - Passadumkeag include English, French, Irish, French Canadian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Greenbush - Passadumkeag is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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 93.3% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
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, 20.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 5.0% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Greenbush - Passadumkeag are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.1% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 27.9% 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 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.6%), and 22.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Greenbush - Passadumkeag, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.5%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (20.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.1%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (5.0%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (15.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.