Not a lot goes unobserved here. Everybody at school will know your kids, and if they do something, you will probably hear about it. The low population also means that there are not a lot of specialized jobs . People who make a good living here do it off tourism, by commuting, or by doing an assortment of things. Because we have limited services here there is a demand for people to do those odd jobs.
Flexibility is required for getting a job, or for self-employment.
There are a lot of small niches left here, and if you can fill more than one, you have a chance of building a stable business. Businesses can also survive by marketing to non-local markets. Our town covers an area about 8 blocks long, by about 6-7 blocks wide . If you run up one street, and down the other, the long way, you can put in just about a mile, round trip. That is about all the details I can think of right now.