Brownfield - Denmark is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,921 people and just one neighborhood, Brownfield - Denmark is the 163rd largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brownfield - Denmark is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brownfield - Denmark is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Brownfield - Denmark who work in sales jobs (12.44%), management occupations (11.43%), and food service (11.28%).
Another notable thing is that Brownfield - Denmark is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
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, Brownfield - Denmark has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Brownfield - Denmark a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Brownfield - Denmark, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.48 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Brownfield - Denmark is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Brownfield - Denmark is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.83% 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 $32,567, 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 $130,268 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.
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Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 45.1% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.2% 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, 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 31 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.5% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 27.5% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 2.3% have Swiss ancestry.
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 Brownfield - Denmark are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 33.1% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.6%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% 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 (27.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.7%), and residents who report German roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (7.5%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (77.8%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.