Berwick vs West Kennebunk

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

Berwick and West Kennebunk 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 1,367 in West Kennebunk). West Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($101,761 vs $64,864 in Berwick). West Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($514,700 vs $309,600 in Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	West Kennebunk
Population	2,085	1,367
Median age	42.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,864	$101,761
Median home value	$309,600	$514,700
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,426
Housing units	1,015	497
Homeownership rate	69.1%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	West Kennebunk
Population	2,354 → 2,085 (-11.4%)	993 → 1,367 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$75,503 → $64,864 (-14.1%)	$82,546 → $101,761 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $309,600 (+51.0%)	$360,400 → $514,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,044 (+6.5%)	$1,230 → $1,426 (+15.9%)

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

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)

	Berwick	West Kennebunk
Under 5	0.5%	8.9%
5 to 17	26.0%	25.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	23.3%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	3.1%
75 and over	9.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	West Kennebunk
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	West Kennebunk
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.2%
High school graduate	40.0%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	West Kennebunk
Drove alone	79.5%	70.6%
Carpooled	13.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	West Kennebunk
1-unit, detached	63.5%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	West Kennebunk
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1970	1977