Cape Neddick vs Kennebunkport

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

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

Cape Neddick has the higher population (2,578 vs 1,450 in Kennebunkport). Kennebunkport has the higher median household income ($118,922 vs $98,113 in Cape Neddick). Kennebunkport has the higher median home value ($805,200 vs $636,100 in Cape Neddick).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Neddick	Kennebunkport
Population	2,578	1,450
Median age	64.2 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,113	$118,922
Median home value	$636,100	$805,200
Median gross rent	$1,723	—
Housing units	3,500	1,039
Homeownership rate	88.0%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	55.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Neddick	Kennebunkport
Population	2,217 → 2,578 (+16.3%)	1,098 → 1,450 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$81,037 → $98,113 (+21.1%)	$73,512 → $118,922 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$421,600 → $636,100 (+50.9%)	$408,800 → $805,200 (+97.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,723 (+35.9%)	$1,040 → $1,547 (+48.8%)

Cape Neddick

Population

2,2172,578

Median household income

$81,037$98,113

Median home value

$421,600$636,100

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,723

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)

	Cape Neddick	Kennebunkport
Under 5	4.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	7.1%
18 to 24	0.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	17.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	28.0%	16.2%
75 and over	20.3%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Neddick	Kennebunkport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Neddick	Kennebunkport
No high school diploma	0.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.2%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Neddick	Kennebunkport
Drove alone	68.7%	50.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	40.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Neddick	Kennebunkport
1-unit, detached	81.9%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape Neddick	Kennebunkport
Poverty rate	10.1%	12.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	37
Median year structure built	1974	1960