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Monticello - Bridgewater, ME

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Overview


Monticello - Bridgewater is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,443 people and just one neighborhood, Monticello - Bridgewater is the 191st largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Monticello - Bridgewater is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Monticello - Bridgewater is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Monticello - Bridgewater who work in sales jobs (13.38%), management occupations (11.09%), and office and administrative support (9.46%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Monticello - Bridgewater has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Monticello - Bridgewater a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Monticello - Bridgewater with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.43% of adults in Monticello - Bridgewater have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Monticello - Bridgewater in 2022 was $30,655, 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 $122,620 for a family of four. However, Monticello - Bridgewater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Monticello - Bridgewater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.

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 Monticello - Bridgewater, 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 3 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.6% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Monticello - Bridgewater are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.5% of U.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, 29.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.9%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.7%).

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 Monticello - Bridgewater, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report German roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.2%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (14.7%) . 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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