Winslow is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 8,026 people and two associated neighborhoods, Winslow is the 38th largest community in Maine.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.25% 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Winslow has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Winslow has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Winslow than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Winslow may be for you.
Winslow 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.
The overall education level of Winslow is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.56% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Winslow in 2022 was $36,458, which is middle income relative to Maine, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,832 for a family of four. However, Winslow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Winslow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winslow residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Winslow include French, English, Irish, French Canadian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Winslow is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.