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Mariaville - Eastbrook is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 1,904 people and just one neighborhood, Mariaville - Eastbrook is the 219th largest community in Maine.
Occupations and Workforce
When you are in Mariaville - Eastbrook, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.39% of Mariaville - Eastbrook’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Mariaville - Eastbrook is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mariaville - Eastbrook who work in office and administrative support (12.26%), management occupations (8.57%), and healthcare (6.58%).
Setting & Lifestyle
Another notable thing is that Mariaville - Eastbrook is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Mariaville - Eastbrook’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
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!) Mariaville - Eastbrook 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. Mariaville - Eastbrook has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mariaville - Eastbrook than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mariaville - Eastbrook may be for you.
One downside of living in Mariaville - Eastbrook, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.84 minutes every day commuting to work.
Demographics
The population of Mariaville - Eastbrook 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 Mariaville - Eastbrook, 23.85% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mariaville - Eastbrook in 2022 was $30,634, 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 $122,536 for a family of four. However, Mariaville - Eastbrook contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mariaville - Eastbrook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mariaville - Eastbrook residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mariaville - Eastbrook include English, Irish, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mariaville - Eastbrook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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 Mariaville - Eastbrook, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Real Estate
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 58.0% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 99.2% 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, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
People
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.3% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 23.8% have English ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
The Neighbors
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 Mariaville - Eastbrook are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.6% 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, 35.4% 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.1%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Mariaville - Eastbrook, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (23.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report French roots (12.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (12.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.5%), among others.
Getting to Work
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (78.0%) 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 (14.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
