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Washington - Union, ME

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Overview


Washington - Union is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 4,034 people and just one neighborhood, Washington - Union is the 108th largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Washington - Union is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Washington - Union is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Washington - Union who work in office and administrative support (12.47%), sales jobs (9.57%), and management occupations (9.52%).

A relatively large number of people in Washington - Union telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.11% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

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

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

One downside of living in Washington - Union is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Washington - Union, the average commute to work is 32.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The overall education level of Washington - Union citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.83% of adults in Washington - Union have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Washington - Union in 2018 was $31,524, which is lower middle income relative to Maine, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,096 for a family of four. However, Washington - Union contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Washington - Union is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.

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 Washington - Union, 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 Portuguese and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry and 5.2% have Scottish 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 Washington - Union are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.3% 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 55.0% 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, 34.4% 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.0%), and 17.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Washington - Union, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.7%), and residents who report French roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (5.2%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (78.1%) 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 (6.4%) . 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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