Kennebunk vs Saco

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

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

Saco has the higher population (20,636 vs 6,008 in Kennebunk). Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($93,167 vs $84,328 in Saco). Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $370,300 in Saco).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunk	Saco
Population	6,008	20,636
Median age	54.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,167	$84,328
Median home value	$429,600	$370,300
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,268
Housing units	3,286	9,619
Homeownership rate	70.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunk	Saco
Population	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)	19,497 → 20,636 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)	$70,517 → $84,328 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)	$258,900 → $370,300 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)	$1,173 → $1,268 (+8.1%)

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

Saco

Population

19,49720,636

Median household income

$70,517$84,328

Median home value

$258,900$370,300

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunk	Saco
Under 5	3.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	1.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	21.4%	11.9%
75 and over	13.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunk	Saco
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunk	Saco
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	14.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunk	Saco
Drove alone	58.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	36.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunk	Saco
1-unit, detached	43.1%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	7.7%
20 or more units	11.4%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunk	Saco
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1980	1980