Yarmouth is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maine. With a population of 8,360 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Yarmouth is the 47th largest community in Maine.

Yarmouth is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Yarmouth is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yarmouth who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.15%), management occupations (14.40%), and sales jobs (13.49%).

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

In addition, Yarmouth is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Yarmouth is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Yarmouth's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Yarmouth are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Yarmouth is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Yarmouth 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. 98.68% 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.

Being a small town, Yarmouth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Yarmouth Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Yarmouth is a pretty powerful place. 57.22% of the adults in Yarmouth 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 Yarmouth in 2000 was $34,317, which is wealthy relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $137,268 for a family of four.

The people who call Yarmouth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Yarmouth is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Yarmouth include English, Irish, Italian, German, French, Scottish, French Canadian, Scotch-Irish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Yarmouth is English.