Baileyville is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 1,321 people and just one neighborhood, Baileyville is the 243rd largest community in Maine.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Baileyville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Baileyville is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Baileyville who work in management occupations (19.00%), office and administrative support (12.83%), and sales jobs (7.50%).
A relatively large number of people in Baileyville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.67% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Baileyville’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!) Baileyville 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. Baileyville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Baileyville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Baileyville may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Baileyville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.66 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Baileyville 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 Baileyville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.28% of adults in Baileyville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Baileyville in 2022 was $27,088, 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 $108,352 for a family of four. However, Baileyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Baileyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baileyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Baileyville include Irish, English, French, Scottish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Baileyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the neighborhood has more single mother households than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Often high concentrations of single mother homes can be a strong indicator of family and social issues such as poverty, high rates of school dropouts, crime, and other societal problems.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 5.6% have Native American 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 Baileyville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.6% 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, 32.7% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.0%).
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 Baileyville, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.4%), and residents who report French roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (8.4%), along with some Native American 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.