Skowhegan is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 8,678 people and four associated neighborhoods, Skowhegan is the 32nd largest community in Maine.Skowhegan is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Skowhegan is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Skowhegan who work in management occupations (13.57%), sales jobs (10.28%), and office and administrative support (8.32%). 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!) Skowhegan 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. Skowhegan has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Skowhegan than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Skowhegan may be for you. Being a small town, Skowhegan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Skowhegan overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Skowhegan, 23.56% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Skowhegan in 2022 was $29,342, which is low income relative to Maine, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,368 for a family of four. However, Skowhegan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Skowhegan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Skowhegan residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Skowhegan include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and German. The most common language spoken in Skowhegan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
