Oakfield - New Limerick is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,163 people and just one neighborhood, Oakfield - New Limerick is the 145th largest community in Maine.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Oakfield - New Limerick is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.77% of the Oakfield - New Limerick workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Oakfield - New Limerick is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakfield - New Limerick who work in sales jobs (13.76%), office and administrative support (12.47%), and management occupations (8.29%).
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, Oakfield - New Limerick has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Oakfield - New Limerick a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Oakfield - New Limerick is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Oakfield - New Limerick rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.69% of adults 25 and older in Oakfield - New Limerick have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Oakfield - New Limerick in 2022 was $26,283, which is low income relative to Maine, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,132 for a family of four. However, Oakfield - New Limerick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oakfield - New Limerick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakfield - New Limerick residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Oakfield - New Limerick include English, Irish, French, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Oakfield - New Limerick is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages and German/Yiddish.
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 Oakfield - New Limerick, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 33.4%, which is higher than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 16 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.6% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 24.7% have English ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% 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 Oakfield - New Limerick are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.8% 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, 36.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 22.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.4% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (3.4%).
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 Oakfield - New Limerick, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (24.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.0%), and residents who report French roots (14.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 (44.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.2%) 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 (9.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.