Naples is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,985 people and two associated neighborhoods, Naples is the 109th largest community in Maine.Naples is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Naples is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Naples who work in sales jobs (19.79%), management occupations (7.77%), and office and administrative support (7.73%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.39% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Another notable thing is that Naples 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, Naples’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!) Naples 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. Naples has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Naples than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Naples may be for you. In Naples, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.44 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Naples doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Naples citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.85% of adults in Naples have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Naples in 2022 was $43,316, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $173,264 for a family of four. However, Naples contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Naples home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Naples residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Naples include Irish, English, Italian, French, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Naples is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
