Cornish vs Kittery Point

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

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

Cornish has the higher population (1,080 vs 1,008 in Kittery Point). Kittery Point has the higher median household income ($138,185 vs $68,561 in Cornish). Since 2019, Cornish's population has grown faster (+37.9% vs +2.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cornish	Kittery Point
Population	1,080	1,008
Median age	40.4 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,561	$138,185
Median home value	—	$454,900
Median gross rent	$1,170	$1,787
Housing units	524	557
Homeownership rate	79.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	63.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornish	Kittery Point
Population	783 → 1,080 (+37.9%)	985 → 1,008 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$58,119 → $68,561 (+18.0%)	$86,429 → $138,185 (+59.9%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $178,100 (+22.2%)	$336,300 → $454,900 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,170 (+12.8%)	$1,600 → $1,787 (+11.7%)

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

Kittery Point

Population

9851,008

Median household income

$86,429$138,185

Median home value

$336,300$454,900

Median gross rent

$1,600$1,787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornish	Kittery Point
Under 5	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	4.1%
35 to 44	32.8%	2.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	34.4%
55 to 64	20.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.8%
75 and over	6.5%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornish	Kittery Point
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornish	Kittery Point
No high school diploma	12.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	36.6%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	49.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornish	Kittery Point
Drove alone	84.0%	50.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	45.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornish	Kittery Point
1-unit, detached	81.5%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornish	Kittery Point
Poverty rate	7.5%	1.8%
Average household size	2.25	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1956	1938