Paris is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 5,367 people and just one neighborhood, Paris is the 72nd largest community in Maine.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Paris is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.70% of the Paris workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Paris is a town of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Paris who work in healthcare (11.07%), teaching (9.35%), and food service (8.55%).
A relatively large number of people in Paris telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 19.95% 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.
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, Paris has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Paris a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Paris does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Paris 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 Paris, 21.34% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Paris in 2022 was $30,088, 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 $120,352 for a family of four. However, Paris contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Paris home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Paris residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Paris include English, French, Irish, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Paris is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 2.7% have Finnish 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. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Paris are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 29.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.7% 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, 35.2% 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 34.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households.
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 Paris, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (24.8%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (20.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.7%), among others.
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 (42.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.