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North Berwick, ME

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Overview


North Berwick is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 5,148 people and just one neighborhood, North Berwick is the 77th largest community in Maine.

North Berwick real estate is some of the most expensive in Maine, although North Berwick house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, North Berwick isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in North Berwick are a mix of both white- and blue-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 (15.14%), healthcare (11.46%), 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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.28% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, North Berwick is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making North Berwick 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, North Berwick has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, North Berwick’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, North Berwick is worth considering.

Demographics

The overall education level of North Berwick citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.61% of adults in North Berwick have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in North Berwick in 2018 was $43,009, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $172,036 for a family of four. However, North Berwick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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, Scottish, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in North Berwick is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.

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 North Berwick, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 30.9% have English 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 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 69.2% 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.

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, 36.3% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.2%), and 16.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.

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 North Berwick, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (30.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report French roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (9.0%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (8.4%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (73.3%) 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 (14.7%) . 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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