North Berwick is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 5,200 people and just one neighborhood, North Berwick is the 77th largest community in Maine.
North Berwick is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, North Berwick is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Berwick who work in office and administrative support (13.58%), healthcare (10.90%), and teaching (8.66%).
Also of interest is that North Berwick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in North Berwick telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.91% 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, North Berwick has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes North Berwick a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in North Berwick, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.97 minutes every day commuting to work.
The overall education level of North Berwick is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.18% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in North Berwick in 2022 was $43,935, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $175,740 for a family of four.
The people who call North Berwick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Berwick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in North Berwick include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in North Berwick is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.
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In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 25.9% have English ancestry.
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 North Berwick are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 38.2% 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 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.8%), and 18.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in North Berwick, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (25.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report French roots (10.6%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (8.4%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.7%) 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 (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.