Burlington - Lowell is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 2,433 people and just one neighborhood, Burlington - Lowell is the 194th largest community in Maine.
Burlington - Lowell is a blue-collar town, with 35.27% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Burlington - Lowell is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burlington - Lowell who work in office and administrative support (12.48%), teaching (8.61%), and healthcare (8.12%).
Another notable thing is that Burlington - Lowell 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.
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, Burlington - Lowell has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Burlington - Lowell a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Burlington - Lowell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.93 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Burlington - Lowell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Burlington - Lowell who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.89% of the adults in Burlington - Lowell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Burlington - Lowell in 2022 was $27,704, 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 $110,816 for a family of four. However, Burlington - Lowell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Burlington - Lowell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burlington - Lowell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Burlington - Lowell include English, Irish, French, German, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Burlington - Lowell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 44.5% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.3% 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, 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 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 97.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.9% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 4.0% 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 Burlington - Lowell are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% 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, 30.9% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 16.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.9%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Burlington - Lowell, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report French roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.5%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (75.2%) 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 (14.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.