Porter - Hiram is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,315 people and just one neighborhood, Porter - Hiram is the 142nd largest community in Maine.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Porter - Hiram is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.23% of the Porter - Hiram workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Porter - Hiram is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Porter - Hiram who work in office and administrative support (10.80%), management occupations (9.46%), and food service (7.06%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.29% 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.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Porter - Hiram is worth considering.
One downside of living in Porter - Hiram, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.25 minutes every day commuting to work.
The education level of Porter - Hiram citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.42% of adults 25 and older in Porter - Hiram have a college degree.
The per capita income in Porter - Hiram in 2022 was $27,308, 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 $109,232 for a family of four. However, Porter - Hiram contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Porter - Hiram is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Porter - Hiram home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Porter - Hiram residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Porter - Hiram include English, Irish, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Porter - Hiram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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 Porter - Hiram, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 7.9% have French 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 Porter - Hiram are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.2% 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, 37.9% 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 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.9%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.9%).
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 Porter - Hiram, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report French roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.8%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (27.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (70.2%) 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 (20.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.