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Berwick, ME
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Berwick is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 8,194 people and two associated neighborhoods, Berwick is the 37th largest community in Maine.

Also of interest is that Berwick 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: 12.38% 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.

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!) Berwick 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. Berwick has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Berwick than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Berwick may be for you.

In terms of college education, Berwick is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.40% of adults in Berwick have a college degree.

The per capita income in Berwick in 2022 was $39,359, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,436 for a family of four. However, Berwick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Berwick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Berwick residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Berwick include Irish, English, Italian, French Canadian, and German.

The most common language spoken in Berwick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).

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