Kennebunk vs Lake Arrowhead

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

Kennebunk and Lake Arrowhead 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 3,273 in Lake Arrowhead). Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($93,167 vs $84,221 in Lake Arrowhead). Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $226,400 in Lake Arrowhead).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunk	Lake Arrowhead
Population	6,008	3,273
Median age	54.9 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,167	$84,221
Median home value	$429,600	$226,400
Median gross rent	$1,411	$2,120
Housing units	3,286	1,217
Homeownership rate	70.6%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunk	Lake Arrowhead
Population	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)	3,067 → 3,273 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)	$77,031 → $84,221 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)	$167,100 → $226,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)	$1,325 → $2,120 (+60.0%)

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

Lake Arrowhead

Population

3,0673,273

Median household income

$77,031$84,221

Median home value

$167,100$226,400

Median gross rent

$1,325$2,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunk	Lake Arrowhead
Under 5	3.5%	10.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	1.9%	14.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	21.4%	4.1%
75 and over	13.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunk	Lake Arrowhead
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunk	Lake Arrowhead
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	14.8%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunk	Lake Arrowhead
Drove alone	58.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunk	Lake Arrowhead
1-unit, detached	43.1%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunk	Lake Arrowhead
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.01	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	38
Median year structure built	1980	1996