About Carlisle

Carlisle is a very small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 4,717 people and just one neighborhood, Carlisle is the 259th largest community in Massachusetts.

Carlisle is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Carlisle is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carlisle who work in management occupations (26.21%), sales jobs (10.38%), and computer science and math (9.16%).

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

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Carlisle has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Of important note, Carlisle is also a town of artists. Carlisle has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Carlisle's character.

A relatively large number of people in Carlisle telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.94% 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.

In addition, Carlisle is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Carlisle is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Carlisle a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Carlisle has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Carlisle's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Carlisle, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.69 minutes every day commuting to work.

Carlisle 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.

Carlisle Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Carlisle is a pretty powerful place. 83.41% of the adults in Carlisle have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Carlisle in 2000 was $59,559, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $238,236 for a family of four. However, Carlisle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Carlisle home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Carlisle is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Carlisle include English, Irish, Italian, German, Russian, French, British, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Carlisle is English. Some people also speak German.