Fort Kent is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 4,115 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Kent is the 105th largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns, Fort Kent isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Kent are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Kent is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Kent who work in healthcare (10.84%), sales jobs (9.80%), and business and financial occupations (8.80%).
Also of interest is that Fort Kent has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Kent spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.09 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Fort Kent 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 citizens of Fort Kent are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.15% of adults in Fort Kent have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fort Kent in 2022 was $43,257, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $173,028 for a family of four. However, Fort Kent contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fort Kent home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Kent residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Kent include French, French Canadian, English, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Fort Kent is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 65.4% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
The neighborhood stands out within Maine for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 8.0% of college-friendly places to live in ME.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 31.0% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 20.6% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 31.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fort Kent are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 61.7% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 40.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 65.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Fort Kent, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (31.0%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (20.6%), and residents who report English roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (65.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.0%) 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 (15.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.