Athens - Harmony is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 1,879 people and just one neighborhood, Athens - Harmony is the 226th largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Athens - Harmony is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Athens - Harmony is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Athens - Harmony who work in maintenance occupations (11.77%), office and administrative support (10.87%), and healthcare suport services (5.82%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.95% 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.
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, Athens - Harmony has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Athens - Harmony a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Athens - Harmony 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 education level of Athens - Harmony citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.23% of adults 25 and older in Athens - Harmony have a college degree.
The per capita income in Athens - Harmony in 2022 was $26,464, 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 $105,856 for a family of four. However, Athens - Harmony contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Athens - Harmony home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Athens - Harmony residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Athens - Harmony include English, Scottish, Irish, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Athens - Harmony is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 33.9% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.4% 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.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 15 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 3.8% have French Canadian ancestry.
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 Athens - Harmony are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.2% of U.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, 29.9% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.2%), and 16.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
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 Athens - Harmony, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (23.8%). There are also a number of people of Scottish ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.8%) 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 (16.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.