Limington is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 4,081 people and just one neighborhood, Limington is the 111th largest community in Maine.
Limington is a blue-collar town, with 39.13% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Limington is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Limington who work in office and administrative support (14.08%), business and financial occupations (7.33%), and maintenance occupations (6.56%).
Also of interest is that Limington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Limington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.19% 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.
Because of many things, Limington is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Limington a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Limington has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Limington’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
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, Limington has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Limington a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Limington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Limington, the average commute to work is 39.17 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Limington 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 Limington citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.88% of adults in Limington have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Limington in 2022 was $38,510, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,040 for a family of four. However, Limington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Limington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Limington residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Limington include Irish, French, English, German, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Limington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Native American languages.
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.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 10.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Maine. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
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.
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, 17.7% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 7.3% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Limington are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.5% 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 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 14.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.
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 Limington, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.8%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (17.7%), and residents who report English roots (16.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (8.3%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (7.3%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (42.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
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 (18.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.