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.
Skowhegan 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 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, 21.42% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Skowhegan in 2022 was $30,275, 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 $121,100 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 Black or African-American. 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.
