About North Berwick

North Berwick is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 4,293 people and just one neighborhood, North Berwick is the 114th largest community in Maine.

North Berwick is a blue-collar town, with 36.5% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, North Berwick is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Berwick who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.82%), sales jobs (10.42%), and management occupations (6.20%).

Because of many things, North Berwick is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making North Berwick 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, North Berwick has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, North Berwick's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

North Berwick is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of North Berwick isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

North Berwick 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.

North Berwick Information and Demographics

The citizens of North Berwick are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 17.39% of adults in North Berwick having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in North Berwick in 2000 was $19,558, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,232 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in North Berwick is English.