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Newburgh, ME

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Overview


Newburgh is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 1,649 people and just one neighborhood, Newburgh is the 234th largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Newburgh isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Newburgh are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Newburgh is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newburgh who work in office and administrative support (14.50%), management occupations (13.76%), and sales jobs (11.92%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Newburgh 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, Newburgh really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Newburgh 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.

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, Newburgh has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Newburgh a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

Demographics

The percentage of people in Newburgh who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.15% of adults in Newburgh have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Newburgh in 2018 was $41,483, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $165,932 for a family of four. However, Newburgh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Newburgh is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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 Newburgh, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 3.3% have Welsh 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 Newburgh are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.3% of U.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, 42.3% 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 21.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.4%), and 17.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

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 96.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Newburgh, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report French Canadian roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.6%), 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 (57.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.3%) 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 (12.7%) . 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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