Bethel - Hanover is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,037 people and just one neighborhood, Bethel - Hanover is the 159th largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns, Bethel - Hanover isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bethel - Hanover are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bethel - Hanover is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethel - Hanover who work in management occupations (14.37%), teaching (13.67%), and food service (11.45%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.70% 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.
Another notable thing is that Bethel - Hanover is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
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, Bethel - Hanover has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bethel - Hanover 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, Bethel - Hanover doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Bethel - Hanover are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.88% of adults in Bethel - Hanover have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bethel - Hanover in 2022 was $41,660, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,640 for a family of four. However, Bethel - Hanover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bethel - Hanover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bethel - Hanover residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bethel - Hanover include English, Irish, French, German, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Bethel - Hanover 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 Bethel - Hanover, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 42.8% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.9% 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, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 34 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 27.1% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 9.0% have French ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bethel - Hanover are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.0%), and 10.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.0%).
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 Bethel - Hanover, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (27.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.2%), and residents who report French roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.5%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (72.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (5.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.