Augusta is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maine. With a population of 19,066 people and five associated neighborhoods, Augusta is the 12th largest community in Maine.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Augusta is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Augusta is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Augusta who work in office and administrative support (15.87%), sales jobs (9.79%), and food service (8.93%). Also of interest is that Augusta has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.47% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One of the benefits of Augusta is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.70 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Augusta does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Augusta who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.71% of adults in Augusta have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Augusta in 2022 was $32,743, 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 $130,972 for a family of four. However, Augusta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Augusta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Augusta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Augusta include English, French, Irish, French Canadian, and German. The most common language spoken in Augusta is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
