Vassalboro is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 4,577 people and just one neighborhood, Vassalboro is the 92nd largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns, Vassalboro isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Vassalboro are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vassalboro is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Vassalboro who work in management occupations (12.15%), office and administrative support (10.26%), and sales jobs (10.12%).
Of important note, Vassalboro is also a town of artists. Vassalboro has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Vassalboro’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Vassalboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.27% 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.
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, Vassalboro has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vassalboro a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Vassalboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Vassalboro who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.40% of adults in Vassalboro have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Vassalboro in 2022 was $37,573, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,292 for a family of four. However, Vassalboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Vassalboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vassalboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vassalboro include English, French, French Canadian, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Vassalboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
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, 12.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 17.2% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.7% 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 95.6% 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 Vassalboro are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.7% 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, 37.7% 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 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.8%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 98.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Vassalboro, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (23.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report French Canadian roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (12.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (8.0%), 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 (52.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.4%) 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 (6.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.