Alfred vs Kennebunkport

A side-by-side comparison of Alfred and Kennebunkport: population, income, housing, and more.

Alfred and Kennebunkport are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kennebunkport has the higher population (1,450 vs 696 in Alfred). Kennebunkport has the higher median household income ($118,922 vs $32,476 in Alfred). Kennebunkport has the higher median home value ($805,200 vs $359,800 in Alfred).

Population, income & housing

	Alfred	Kennebunkport
Population	696	1,450
Median age	52.6 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,476	$118,922
Median home value	$359,800	$805,200
Median gross rent	$764	—
Housing units	373	1,039
Homeownership rate	49.5%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	55.3%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfred	Kennebunkport
Population	1,106 → 696 (-37.1%)	1,098 → 1,450 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$45,461 → $32,476 (-28.6%)	$73,512 → $118,922 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$216,500 → $359,800 (+66.2%)	$408,800 → $805,200 (+97.0%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $764 (+2.4%)	$1,040 → $1,547 (+48.8%)

Alfred

Population

1,106696

Median household income

$45,461$32,476

Median home value

$216,500$359,800

Median gross rent

$746$764

Kennebunkport

Population

1,0981,450

Median household income

$73,512$118,922

Median home value

$408,800$805,200

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,547

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfred	Kennebunkport
Under 5	4.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	7.1%
18 to 24	13.8%	2.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	17.2%
55 to 64	22.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	16.2%
75 and over	10.1%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfred	Kennebunkport
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfred	Kennebunkport
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfred	Kennebunkport
Drove alone	81.9%	50.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	40.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfred	Kennebunkport
1-unit, detached	56.6%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	36.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alfred	Kennebunkport
Poverty rate	13.6%	12.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1970	1960