Glenburn - Kenduskeag is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 6,169 people and just one neighborhood, Glenburn - Kenduskeag is the 61st largest community in Maine.
Glenburn - Kenduskeag is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Glenburn - Kenduskeag is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Glenburn - Kenduskeag who work in office and administrative support (11.79%), sales jobs (10.11%), and management occupations (8.43%).
A relatively large number of people in Glenburn - Kenduskeag telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.91% 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.
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!) Glenburn - Kenduskeag 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. Glenburn - Kenduskeag has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Glenburn - Kenduskeag than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Glenburn - Kenduskeag may be for you.
Glenburn - Kenduskeag 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 Glenburn - Kenduskeag 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 Glenburn - Kenduskeag, 22.62% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Glenburn - Kenduskeag in 2022 was $40,472, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,888 for a family of four.
The people who call Glenburn - Kenduskeag home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenburn - Kenduskeag residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Glenburn - Kenduskeag include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Glenburn - Kenduskeag is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Native American languages.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 10.0% have French 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 Glenburn - Kenduskeag are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.9% 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 55.5% of America'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, 29.3% 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 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.8%), and 18.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.7%).
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 Glenburn - Kenduskeag, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report French roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (9.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.1%) 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.