Alfred vs West Kennebunk

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

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

West Kennebunk has the higher population (1,367 vs 696 in Alfred). West Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($101,761 vs $32,476 in Alfred). West Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($514,700 vs $359,800 in Alfred).

Population, income & housing

	Alfred	West Kennebunk
Population	696	1,367
Median age	52.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,476	$101,761
Median home value	$359,800	$514,700
Median gross rent	$764	$1,426
Housing units	373	497
Homeownership rate	49.5%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfred	West Kennebunk
Population	1,106 → 696 (-37.1%)	993 → 1,367 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$45,461 → $32,476 (-28.6%)	$82,546 → $101,761 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$216,500 → $359,800 (+66.2%)	$360,400 → $514,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $764 (+2.4%)	$1,230 → $1,426 (+15.9%)

Alfred

Population

1,106696

Median household income

$45,461$32,476

Median home value

$216,500$359,800

Median gross rent

$746$764

West Kennebunk

Population

9931,367

Median household income

$82,546$101,761

Median home value

$360,400$514,700

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfred	West Kennebunk
Under 5	4.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	8.9%	25.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	17.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	22.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	3.1%
75 and over	10.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfred	West Kennebunk
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfred	West Kennebunk
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.2%
High school graduate	45.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfred	West Kennebunk
Drove alone	81.9%	70.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	8.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfred	West Kennebunk
1-unit, detached	56.6%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	36.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Alfred	West Kennebunk
Poverty rate	13.6%	12.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1970	1977