Standish is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Standish enrolled in college, Standish has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
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!) Standish 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. Standish has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Standish than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Standish may be for you.
One downside of living in Standish is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Standish, the average commute to work is 31.16 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Standish citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.60% of adults in Standish have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Standish in 2022 was $40,079, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $160,316 for a family of four. However, Standish contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Standish home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Standish residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Standish include English, Irish, French, Scottish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Standish is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
