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Guilford - Sangerville, ME

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Overview


Guilford - Sangerville is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,656 people and just one neighborhood, Guilford - Sangerville is the 183rd largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Guilford - Sangerville is a blue-collar town, with 39.45% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Guilford - Sangerville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Guilford - Sangerville who work in office and administrative support (14.68%), healthcare suport services (13.76%), and sales jobs (6.83%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Guilford - Sangerville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Guilford - Sangerville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small town, Guilford - Sangerville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Guilford - Sangerville has a very low overall level of education: only 9.17% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Guilford - Sangerville in 2022 was $27,681, 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 $110,724 for a family of four. However, Guilford - Sangerville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Guilford - Sangerville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Guilford - Sangerville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Guilford - Sangerville include English, Irish, French, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Guilford - Sangerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.

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

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 21.3% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

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 32.0%, which is higher than 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

In addition, 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 and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 6.9% have Scottish 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 Guilford - Sangerville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 38.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.9%), and 14.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Guilford - Sangerville, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (24.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report French roots (12.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (6.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (78.1%) 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 (8.3%) . 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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