Berwick vs Kennebunkport

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

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

Berwick has the higher population (2,085 vs 1,450 in Kennebunkport). Kennebunkport has the higher median household income ($118,922 vs $64,864 in Berwick). Kennebunkport has the higher median home value ($805,200 vs $309,600 in Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	Kennebunkport
Population	2,085	1,450
Median age	42.5 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,864	$118,922
Median home value	$309,600	$805,200
Median gross rent	$1,044	—
Housing units	1,015	1,039
Homeownership rate	69.1%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	55.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	Kennebunkport
Population	2,354 → 2,085 (-11.4%)	1,098 → 1,450 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$75,503 → $64,864 (-14.1%)	$73,512 → $118,922 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $309,600 (+51.0%)	$408,800 → $805,200 (+97.0%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,044 (+6.5%)	$1,040 → $1,547 (+48.8%)

Berwick

Population

2,3542,085

Median household income

$75,503$64,864

Median home value

$205,100$309,600

Median gross rent

$980$1,044

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)

	Berwick	Kennebunkport
Under 5	0.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	7.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	23.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	16.2%
75 and over	9.5%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	Kennebunkport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	Kennebunkport
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	Kennebunkport
Drove alone	79.5%	50.8%
Carpooled	13.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	40.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	Kennebunkport
1-unit, detached	63.5%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	Kennebunkport
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1970	1960