Biddeford vs Kennebunk

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

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

Biddeford has the higher population (22,463 vs 6,008 in Kennebunk). Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($93,167 vs $69,794 in Biddeford). Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $349,300 in Biddeford).

Population, income & housing

	Biddeford	Kennebunk
Population	22,463	6,008
Median age	36.1 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,794	$93,167
Median home value	$349,300	$429,600
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,411
Housing units	10,279	3,286
Homeownership rate	48.8%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biddeford	Kennebunk
Population	21,462 → 22,463 (+4.7%)	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$53,120 → $69,794 (+31.4%)	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $349,300 (+42.0%)	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,187 (+27.8%)	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)

Biddeford

Population

21,46222,463

Median household income

$53,120$69,794

Median home value

$245,900$349,300

Median gross rent

$929$1,187

Kennebunk

Population

5,8726,008

Median household income

$68,082$93,167

Median home value

$301,700$429,600

Median gross rent

$935$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biddeford	Kennebunk
Under 5	3.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	14.4%	1.9%
25 to 34	19.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	21.4%
75 and over	8.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biddeford	Kennebunk
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biddeford	Kennebunk
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	32.9%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biddeford	Kennebunk
Drove alone	68.2%	58.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	2.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.3%	36.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biddeford	Kennebunk
1-unit, detached	42.4%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	23.0%
2 to 4 units	34.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Biddeford	Kennebunk
Poverty rate	15.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1955	1980