Kennebunk vs Old Orchard Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Orchard Beach has the higher population (9,150 vs 6,008 in Kennebunk). Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($93,167 vs $65,842 in Old Orchard Beach). Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $317,800 in Old Orchard Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunk	Old Orchard Beach
Population	6,008	9,150
Median age	54.9 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,167	$65,842
Median home value	$429,600	$317,800
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,120
Housing units	3,286	7,611
Homeownership rate	70.6%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunk	Old Orchard Beach
Population	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)	8,862 → 9,150 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)	$58,080 → $65,842 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)	$220,000 → $317,800 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)	$915 → $1,120 (+22.4%)

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

Old Orchard Beach

Population

8,8629,150

Median household income

$58,080$65,842

Median home value

$220,000$317,800

Median gross rent

$915$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunk	Old Orchard Beach
Under 5	3.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	5.6%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	21.4%	19.0%
75 and over	13.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunk	Old Orchard Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunk	Old Orchard Beach
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	14.8%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunk	Old Orchard Beach
Drove alone	58.2%	75.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	36.2%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunk	Old Orchard Beach
1-unit, detached	43.1%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	11.4%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunk	Old Orchard Beach
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.1%
Average household size	2.01	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1980	1979