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Hebron - Buckfield, ME

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Overview


Hebron - Buckfield is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,312 people and just one neighborhood, Hebron - Buckfield is the 143rd largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hebron - Buckfield is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.03% of the Hebron - Buckfield workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hebron - Buckfield is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hebron - Buckfield who work in office and administrative support (14.05%), management occupations (12.13%), and food service (5.55%).

Also of interest is that Hebron - Buckfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Hebron - Buckfield is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hebron - Buckfield really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hebron - Buckfield perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

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!) Hebron - Buckfield 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. Hebron - Buckfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hebron - Buckfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hebron - Buckfield may be for you.

One downside of living in Hebron - Buckfield is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hebron - Buckfield, the average commute to work is 31.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Hebron - Buckfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Hebron - Buckfield who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.25% of the adults in Hebron - Buckfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hebron - Buckfield in 2018 was $32,484, 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 $129,936 for a family of four. However, Hebron - Buckfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Hebron - Buckfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hebron - Buckfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hebron - Buckfield include French, English, Irish, Scottish, and French Canadian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.5% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Maine. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 19.7% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Hebron - Buckfield are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.3% 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 74.0% 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, 31.6% 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 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 17.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (7.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Hebron - Buckfield, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (19.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (11.4%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (5.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.1%) 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 (8.1%) . 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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