Kennebunk vs Sanford

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

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

Sanford has the higher population (22,095 vs 6,008 in Kennebunk). Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($93,167 vs $70,570 in Sanford). Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $257,200 in Sanford).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunk	Sanford
Population	6,008	22,095
Median age	54.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,167	$70,570
Median home value	$429,600	$257,200
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,158
Housing units	3,286	9,974
Homeownership rate	70.6%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunk	Sanford
Population	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)	21,073 → 22,095 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)	$52,513 → $70,570 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)	$183,800 → $257,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)	$901 → $1,158 (+28.5%)

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

Sanford

Population

21,07322,095

Median household income

$52,513$70,570

Median home value

$183,800$257,200

Median gross rent

$901$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunk	Sanford
Under 5	3.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	21.4%	11.5%
75 and over	13.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunk	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunk	Sanford
No high school diploma	4.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	14.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunk	Sanford
Drove alone	58.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	3.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunk	Sanford
1-unit, detached	43.1%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	7.7%
20 or more units	11.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunk	Sanford
Poverty rate	10.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1980	1973