Lakeville - Mattawamkeag is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 1,582 people and just one neighborhood, Lakeville - Mattawamkeag is the 237th largest community in Maine.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lakeville - Mattawamkeag is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.62% of the Lakeville - Mattawamkeag workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lakeville - Mattawamkeag is a town of service providers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakeville - Mattawamkeag who work in management occupations (14.29%), teaching (9.03%), and office and administrative support (7.06%).
Another notable thing is that Lakeville - Mattawamkeag is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter 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!) Lakeville - Mattawamkeag 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. Lakeville - Mattawamkeag has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lakeville - Mattawamkeag than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lakeville - Mattawamkeag may be for you.
One downside of living in Lakeville - Mattawamkeag, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.95 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Lakeville - Mattawamkeag doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Lakeville - Mattawamkeag has a very low overall level of education: only 9.85% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Lakeville - Mattawamkeag in 2022 was $26,619, 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 $106,476 for a family of four. However, Lakeville - Mattawamkeag contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lakeville - Mattawamkeag home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lakeville - Mattawamkeag residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lakeville - Mattawamkeag include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Lakeville - Mattawamkeag is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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 Lakeville - Mattawamkeag, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 5 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.3% 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.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 48.7%, which is higher than 98.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 10.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.2% of all neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.6% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 9.3% have French ancestry.
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 Lakeville - Mattawamkeag are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 46.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.6% 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, 35.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
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 Lakeville - Mattawamkeag, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report French roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (5.6%), along with some German ancestry residents (5.1%), among others.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (10.8%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (76.5%) 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 (9.3%) and 7.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.