Brownfield - Denmark is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,940 people and just one neighborhood, Brownfield - Denmark is the 163rd largest community in Maine.
Brownfield - Denmark is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brownfield - Denmark is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Brownfield - Denmark who work in sales jobs (13.32%), food service (10.48%), and office and administrative support (10.09%).
A relatively large number of people in Brownfield - Denmark telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.67% 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 Brownfield - Denmark is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Brownfield - Denmark’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
Because of many things, Brownfield - Denmark 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, Brownfield - Denmark really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Brownfield - Denmark 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!) Brownfield - Denmark 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. Brownfield - Denmark has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brownfield - Denmark than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brownfield - Denmark may be for you.
One downside of living in Brownfield - Denmark is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Brownfield - Denmark, the average commute to work is 32.45 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Brownfield - Denmark does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Brownfield - Denmark is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.20% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Brownfield - Denmark in 2022 was $32,969, 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 $131,876 for a family of four. However, Brownfield - Denmark contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Brownfield - Denmark home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brownfield - Denmark residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brownfield - Denmark include English, Irish, German, French, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Brownfield - Denmark is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
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 Brownfield - Denmark, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 43.6% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 31 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 15.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Maine. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 2.4% have Swiss 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. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Brownfield - Denmark are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.9% 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 61.5% 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, 32.9% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.6%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Brownfield - Denmark, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (26.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.8%), and residents who report German roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (8.2%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (6.1%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.1%) 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 (14.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.