Biddeford is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Maine. With a population of 22,370 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Biddeford is the sixth largest community in Maine. Much of the housing stock in Biddeford was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Biddeford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Biddeford is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Biddeford who work in office and administrative support (14.70%), management occupations (9.08%), and sales jobs (8.37%). Also of interest is that Biddeford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.27% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Biddeford 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. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. In terms of college education, Biddeford 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: 30.41% of adults in Biddeford have a college degree. The per capita income in Biddeford in 2022 was $38,294, which is middle income relative to Maine, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,176 for a family of four. However, Biddeford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Biddeford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Biddeford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Biddeford include French Canadian, Irish, French, English, and German. The most common language spoken in Biddeford is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
