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Norridgewock, ME

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Overview


Norridgewock is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,307 people and just one neighborhood, Norridgewock is the 138th largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Norridgewock isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Norridgewock are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Norridgewock is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norridgewock who work in sales jobs (17.70%), office and administrative support (12.50%), and management occupations (5.13%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.55% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Norridgewock 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. Norridgewock has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Norridgewock than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Norridgewock may be for you.

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

Demographics

The education level of Norridgewock citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.03% of adults in Norridgewock have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Norridgewock in 2018 was $54,723, which is wealthy relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $218,892 for a family of four. However, Norridgewock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Norridgewock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Norridgewock residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Norridgewock include Irish, French, English, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Norridgewock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 13.4% have French 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 Norridgewock are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 31.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.0%), and 15.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.6%).

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 Norridgewock, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.9%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report English roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (8.9%), 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 (43.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.7%) 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 (8.8%) . 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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