Hebron - Buckfield is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,312 people and just one neighborhood, Hebron - Buckfield is the 143rd largest community in Maine.
Hebron - Buckfield is a blue-collar town, with 36.03% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Hebron - Buckfield is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hebron - Buckfield who work in office and administrative support (14.05%), management occupations (12.13%), and food service (5.55%).
Also of interest is that Hebron - Buckfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.50% 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.
Because of many things, Hebron - Buckfield is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Hebron - Buckfield a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Hebron - Buckfield has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Hebron - Buckfield’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
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!) Hebron - Buckfield 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. Hebron - Buckfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hebron - Buckfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hebron - Buckfield may be for you.
One downside of living in Hebron - Buckfield is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hebron - Buckfield, the average commute to work is 31.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Hebron - Buckfield 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 percentage of adults in Hebron - Buckfield who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.25% of the adults in Hebron - Buckfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hebron - Buckfield in 2022 was $32,484, 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 $129,936 for a family of four. However, Hebron - Buckfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hebron - Buckfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hebron - Buckfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hebron - Buckfield include French, English, Irish, Scottish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Hebron - Buckfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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 Hebron - Buckfield, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.5% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Maine. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 19.7% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Hebron - Buckfield are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.3% 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 74.0% of America'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, 31.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 17.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (7.0%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Hebron - Buckfield, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (19.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (11.4%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (5.8%), among others.
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.1%) 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 (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.