Waterville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maine. With a population of 15,828 people and four associated neighborhoods, Waterville is the 15th largest community in Maine.Waterville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Waterville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waterville who work in teaching (15.89%), sales jobs (11.67%), and office and administrative support (9.20%). Of important note, Waterville is also a city of artists. Waterville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Waterville’s character. Also of interest is that Waterville 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: 11.89% 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.In addition, Waterville is a college town. There are a lot of students in Waterville attending college, and as a result Waterville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Waterville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.98 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.In terms of college education, Waterville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.08% of adults in Waterville have a college degree. The per capita income in Waterville in 2022 was $28,484, 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 $113,936 for a family of four. However, Waterville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Waterville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waterville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Waterville include French, English, Irish, French Canadian, and German. The most common language spoken in Waterville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and French.
