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Whitefield - Jefferson, ME

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Overview


Whitefield - Jefferson is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 5,736 people and just one neighborhood, Whitefield - Jefferson is the 68th largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Whitefield - Jefferson isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Whitefield - Jefferson are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Whitefield - Jefferson is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitefield - Jefferson who work in office and administrative support (10.62%), teaching (9.78%), and management occupations (7.30%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Whitefield - Jefferson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.37% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Whitefield - Jefferson 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, Whitefield - Jefferson really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Whitefield - Jefferson 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.

In Whitefield - Jefferson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.01 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Demographics

The overall education level of Whitefield - Jefferson citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.19% of adults in Whitefield - Jefferson have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Whitefield - Jefferson in 2018 was $33,035, which is middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,140 for a family of four. However, Whitefield - Jefferson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Whitefield - Jefferson 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 Whitefield - Jefferson, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 8.8% 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 English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 26.2% have English ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.3% 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 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Whitefield - Jefferson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.0% 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, 36.0% 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 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (7.3%).

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 Whitefield - Jefferson, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (26.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.5%), and residents who report French roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (7.5%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.9%) 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 (10.4%) . 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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