Fayette - Wayne is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,342 people and just one neighborhood, Fayette - Wayne is the 198th largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns, Fayette - Wayne isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fayette - Wayne are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fayette - Wayne is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fayette - Wayne who work in management occupations (14.76%), office and administrative support (13.19%), and teaching (10.63%).
Of important note, Fayette - Wayne is also a town of artists. Fayette - Wayne has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fayette - Wayne’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Fayette - Wayne telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 19.09% 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.
Another notable thing is that Fayette - Wayne is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Because of many things, Fayette - Wayne is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Fayette - Wayne really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Fayette - Wayne perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly 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!) Fayette - Wayne 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. Fayette - Wayne has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fayette - Wayne than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fayette - Wayne may be for you.
One downside of living in Fayette - Wayne, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.82 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Fayette - Wayne doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Fayette - Wayne is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 42.07% of adults in Fayette - Wayne have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in Fayette - Wayne in 2022 was $38,999, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,996 for a family of four. However, Fayette - Wayne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fayette - Wayne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fayette - Wayne residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fayette - Wayne include English, Irish, German, French, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Fayette - Wayne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
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 35.8%, which is higher than 96.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.0% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Maine, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Maine.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 31.3% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 7.5% have French Canadian 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 Fayette - Wayne are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.8% 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 62.1% 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, 47.4% 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 19.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.3%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.5%).
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 Fayette - Wayne, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (31.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.7%), and residents who report German roots (13.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (10.2%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (7.5%), among others.
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 (27.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (72.0%) 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 (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.