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Woodland - Washburn, ME

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Overview


Woodland - Washburn is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,350 people and just one neighborhood, Woodland - Washburn is the 136th largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Woodland - Washburn isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Woodland - Washburn are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Woodland - Washburn is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodland - Washburn who work in office and administrative support (11.32%), sales jobs (9.57%), and management occupations (8.25%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Woodland - Washburn’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe 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!) Woodland - Washburn 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. Woodland - Washburn has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Woodland - Washburn than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Woodland - Washburn may be for you.

Demographics

The education level of Woodland - Washburn citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.23% of adults 25 and older in Woodland - Washburn have a college degree.

The per capita income in Woodland - Washburn in 2018 was $27,393, which is low income relative to Maine, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,572 for a family of four. However, Woodland - Washburn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.9% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 2.2% have Canadian ancestry.

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 Woodland - Washburn are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.1% 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 61.3% 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, 30.9% 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 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.1%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.7% of households. Some people also speak French (2.7%).

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 Woodland - Washburn, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (24.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (15.8%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (5.3%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (44.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.6%) 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 (7.1%) . 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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