Livermore Falls is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,107 people and just one neighborhood, Livermore Falls is the 152nd largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Livermore Falls is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Livermore Falls is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Livermore Falls who work in sales jobs (19.71%), office and administrative support (11.93%), and teaching (6.87%).
Of important note, Livermore Falls is also a town of artists. Livermore Falls has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Livermore Falls’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.55% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
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!) Livermore Falls 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. Livermore Falls has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Livermore Falls than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Livermore Falls may be for you.
One downside of living in Livermore Falls is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Livermore Falls, the average commute to work is 32.53 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Livermore Falls does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Livermore Falls rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.72% of adults 25 and older in Livermore Falls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Livermore Falls in 2022 was $24,148, which is low income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,592 for a family of four. Livermore Falls also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.15% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Livermore Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Livermore Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Livermore Falls include Irish, English, French, French Canadian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Livermore Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 21.8% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.6% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 7.8% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Livermore Falls are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 51.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 30.1% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.8%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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 Livermore Falls, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (23.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (21.9%), and residents who report French roots (17.6%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (7.8%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (33.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (85.3%) 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 (6.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.