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Sebago - Baldwin, ME

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Overview


Sebago - Baldwin is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 3,522 people and just one neighborhood, Sebago - Baldwin is the 132nd largest community in Maine.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Sebago - Baldwin isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sebago - Baldwin are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sebago - Baldwin is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sebago - Baldwin who work in sales jobs (13.94%), office and administrative support (10.06%), and management occupations (9.25%).

Also of interest is that Sebago - Baldwin 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: 13.52% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Sebago - Baldwin 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.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sebago - Baldwin is worth considering.

One downside of living in Sebago - Baldwin is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sebago - Baldwin, the average commute to work is 36.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Sebago - Baldwin 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.

Demographics

The education level of Sebago - Baldwin citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.04% of adults in Sebago - Baldwin have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sebago - Baldwin in 2022 was $38,296, 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 $153,184 for a family of four. However, Sebago - Baldwin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sebago - Baldwin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sebago - Baldwin residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Sebago - Baldwin include English, Irish, French, German, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Sebago - Baldwin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Sebago - Baldwin, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 36.5%, which is higher than 97.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

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, 13.0% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 5.5% have French Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Sebago - Baldwin are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.2% 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, 33.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (25.4%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Sebago - Baldwin, ME, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (23.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report French roots (13.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (33.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (80.3%) 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.


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