Cornish vs Kennebunkport

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

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

Kennebunkport has the higher population (1,450 vs 1,080 in Cornish). Kennebunkport has the higher median household income ($118,922 vs $68,561 in Cornish). Since 2019, Cornish's population has grown faster (+37.9% vs +32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cornish	Kennebunkport
Population	1,080	1,450
Median age	40.4 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,561	$118,922
Median home value	—	$805,200
Median gross rent	$1,170	—
Housing units	524	1,039
Homeownership rate	79.7%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	55.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornish	Kennebunkport
Population	783 → 1,080 (+37.9%)	1,098 → 1,450 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$58,119 → $68,561 (+18.0%)	$73,512 → $118,922 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $178,100 (+22.2%)	$408,800 → $805,200 (+97.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,170 (+12.8%)	$1,040 → $1,547 (+48.8%)

Cornish

Population

7831,080

Median household income

$58,119$68,561

Median home value

$145,800$178,100

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,170

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)

	Cornish	Kennebunkport
Under 5	1.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	7.1%
18 to 24	2.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	4.0%
35 to 44	32.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	20.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.2%
75 and over	6.5%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornish	Kennebunkport
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	30.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornish	Kennebunkport
No high school diploma	12.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornish	Kennebunkport
Drove alone	84.0%	50.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	40.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornish	Kennebunkport
1-unit, detached	81.5%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornish	Kennebunkport
Poverty rate	7.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1956	1960