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Van Buren - Grand Isle, ME

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Overview


Van Buren - Grand Isle is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,417 people and just one neighborhood, Van Buren - Grand Isle is the 193rd largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Van Buren - Grand Isle isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Van Buren - Grand Isle are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Van Buren - Grand Isle is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Van Buren - Grand Isle who work in office and administrative support (16.31%), healthcare suport services (13.12%), and healthcare (11.70%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Van Buren - Grand Isle 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. Van Buren - Grand Isle has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Van Buren - Grand Isle than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Van Buren - Grand Isle may be for you.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Van Buren - Grand Isle spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.48 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small town, Van Buren - Grand Isle does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Van Buren - Grand Isle has a very low overall level of education: only 9.41% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Van Buren - Grand Isle in 2022 was $33,586, which is lower middle income relative to Maine, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,344 for a family of four. However, Van Buren - Grand Isle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Van Buren - Grand Isle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Van Buren - Grand Isle residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Van Buren - Grand Isle include French, French Canadian, English, Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Van Buren - Grand Isle is French. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.

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 Van Buren - Grand Isle, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.2% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 59.1% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 35 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.8% of America.

Diversity

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, 19.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 28.3% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 52.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Van Buren - Grand Isle are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.9% of U.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, 29.4% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.2%), and 14.4% 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 French, spoken by 52.9% of households. Some people also speak English (46.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Van Buren - Grand Isle, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (28.3%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (19.8%), and residents who report English roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.3%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.5%), among others. In addition, 10.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (59.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.3%) 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 (8.4%) . 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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