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Bucksport, ME

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Overview


Bucksport is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 5,016 people and just one neighborhood, Bucksport is the 78th largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Bucksport is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bucksport is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bucksport who work in management occupations (16.24%), healthcare (9.07%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.02%).

Of important note, Bucksport is also a town of artists. Bucksport has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bucksport’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Bucksport 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. Bucksport has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bucksport than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bucksport may be for you.

Bucksport 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.

Demographics

The population of Bucksport overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Bucksport, 21.62% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bucksport in 2022 was $32,763, 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 $131,052 for a family of four. However, Bucksport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bucksport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bucksport residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bucksport include Irish, English, French Canadian, German, and French.

The most common language spoken in Bucksport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Bucksport, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 31.4% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

With 1.6% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 95.3% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.7% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 3.0% have Danish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Bucksport are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.6% 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, 40.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.9%), and 10.9% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Bucksport, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (24.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (23.3%), and residents who report French Canadian roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (8.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (7.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (61.8%) 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 (31.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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