St. Agatha - Frenchville is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 1,792 people and just one neighborhood, St. Agatha - Frenchville is the 230th largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, St. Agatha - Frenchville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Agatha - Frenchville is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Agatha - Frenchville who work in office and administrative support (17.73%), management occupations (9.00%), and sales jobs (6.26%).
Overall, St. Agatha - Frenchville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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, St. Agatha - Frenchville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Agatha - Frenchville 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, St. Agatha - Frenchville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of St. Agatha - Frenchville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.66% of adults in St. Agatha - Frenchville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in St. Agatha - Frenchville in 2022 was $30,593, which is lower middle income relative to Maine, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,372 for a family of four. However, St. Agatha - Frenchville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call St. Agatha - Frenchville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Agatha - Frenchville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in St. Agatha - Frenchville include French, French Canadian, English, Acadian/Cajun, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in St. Agatha - Frenchville is French. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.6% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 37.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 17.9% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 51.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 St. Agatha - Frenchville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.5% 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, 31.8% 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 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.9%), and 17.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is French, spoken by 51.4% of households. Some people also speak English (48.6%).
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 St. Agatha - Frenchville, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (37.5%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (17.9%), and residents who report English roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Danish ancestry (3.3%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (47.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.9%) 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 (11.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.