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Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor, ME

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Overview


Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,210 people and just one neighborhood, Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor is the 206th largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.29% of the Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor is a town of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor who work in farm management occupations (18.86%), office and administrative support (13.02%), and management occupations (12.57%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.51% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

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

Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Being a small town, Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.24% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor in 2022 was $36,331, which is middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,324 for a family of four. However, Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Korean.

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 Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 36 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.7% of America. Do you like a coastal setting? If so, this neighborhood may be to your liking. The neighborhood is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Often such coastal places have amenities and recreational activities on the waterfront that are attractive to residents and visitors alike. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 42.6% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 34.0% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 8.8% have Scottish 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 Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.6% 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 62.1% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 26.6% 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 21.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.0%), and 18.9% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Gouldsboro - Winter Harbor, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (34.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.9%), and residents who report German roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (8.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (6.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.1%) 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 (13.2%) . 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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