Nobleboro - Damariscotta is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 4,168 people and just one neighborhood, Nobleboro - Damariscotta is the 103rd largest community in Maine.
Nobleboro - Damariscotta is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Nobleboro - Damariscotta is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nobleboro - Damariscotta who work in teaching (9.99%), sales jobs (8.91%), and office and administrative support (7.82%).
Of important note, Nobleboro - Damariscotta is also a town of artists. Nobleboro - Damariscotta has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Nobleboro - Damariscotta’s character.
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, Nobleboro - Damariscotta has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Nobleboro - Damariscotta 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, Nobleboro - Damariscotta doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Nobleboro - Damariscotta are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.57% of adults in Nobleboro - Damariscotta have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Nobleboro - Damariscotta in 2022 was $40,801, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,204 for a family of four. However, Nobleboro - Damariscotta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Nobleboro - Damariscotta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nobleboro - Damariscotta residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Nobleboro - Damariscotta include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Nobleboro - Damariscotta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Nobleboro - Damariscotta, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 31.0%, which is higher than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Nobleboro - Damariscotta is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in ME, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.8% of the neighborhoods in Maine. If you are considering retiring to Maine, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 30.0% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 5.7% have Scottish ancestry.
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 Nobleboro - Damariscotta are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 37.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.4% 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, 34.4% 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 29.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.6%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Nobleboro - Damariscotta, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (30.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.7%), and residents who report German roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (7.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.4%) 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 (9.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.