Sanford is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maine. With a population of 22,266 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Sanford is the eighth largest community in Maine.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sanford is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sanford is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sanford who work in sales jobs (12.38%), office and administrative support (12.37%), and management occupations (6.77%). Also of interest is that Sanford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.80% 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 city 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!) Sanford 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. Sanford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sanford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sanford may be for you.The citizens of Sanford are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.28% of adults in Sanford having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Sanford in 2022 was $35,090, which is middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $140,360 for a family of four. However, Sanford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Sanford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sanford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sanford include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Sanford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
