Kennebunk vs Kittery

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

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

Kennebunk has the higher population (6,008 vs 5,284 in Kittery). Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($93,167 vs $71,574 in Kittery). Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $421,400 in Kittery).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunk	Kittery
Population	6,008	5,284
Median age	54.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,167	$71,574
Median home value	$429,600	$421,400
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,431
Housing units	3,286	2,880
Homeownership rate	70.6%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunk	Kittery
Population	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)	4,829 → 5,284 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)	$67,316 → $71,574 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)	$297,300 → $421,400 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)	$1,247 → $1,431 (+14.8%)

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

Kittery

Population

4,8295,284

Median household income

$67,316$71,574

Median home value

$297,300$421,400

Median gross rent

$1,247$1,431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunk	Kittery
Under 5	3.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	1.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	19.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	21.4%	12.8%
75 and over	13.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunk	Kittery
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunk	Kittery
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	14.8%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunk	Kittery
Drove alone	58.2%	49.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.1%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	3.6%
Worked from home	36.2%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunk	Kittery
1-unit, detached	43.1%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	26.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.5%
20 or more units	11.4%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunk	Kittery
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.01	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1980	1953