Inmigration to Maine was found to have altered population distribution, increased the proportion of younger, highly educated persons, and provided a pool of professional/managerial persons for community involvement. Data gathered from 417 persons moving into Maine during the July through December period of either 1980 or 1983 showed inmigrants to be young, highly educated, employed in upper level, white collar occupations, from large counties in the northeastern United States, and preferring to live in small towns. While the majority chose Maine for its environmental and small town attributes rather than for economic reasons, occupational choice and its correlates were seen as likely to change the social and occupational composition of Maine communities. Interrelationships between respondents' occupations and size of town in which they lived, place of work, income changes, household size, marital status, age, and education were examined and compared with data on respondents prior to their moves to Maine. Impacts of inmigration on small and rural communities are discussed from community planning perspectives. Tables throughout the text and in the appendix present survey data. (LFL)