Kennebunk vs South Berwick

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

Kennebunk and South Berwick 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 3,441 in South Berwick). Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($93,167 vs $77,493 in South Berwick). Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($429,600 vs $340,800 in South Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunk	South Berwick
Population	6,008	3,441
Median age	54.9 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,167	$77,493
Median home value	$429,600	$340,800
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,390
Housing units	3,286	1,632
Homeownership rate	70.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunk	South Berwick
Population	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)	3,264 → 3,441 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)	$70,777 → $77,493 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)	$256,400 → $340,800 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)	$958 → $1,390 (+45.1%)

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

South Berwick

Population

3,2643,441

Median household income

$70,777$77,493

Median home value

$256,400$340,800

Median gross rent

$958$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunk	South Berwick
Under 5	3.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	25.5%
65 to 74	21.4%	7.6%
75 and over	13.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunk	South Berwick
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunk	South Berwick
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	14.8%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunk	South Berwick
Drove alone	58.2%	74.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunk	South Berwick
1-unit, detached	43.1%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	7.7%
20 or more units	11.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunk	South Berwick
Poverty rate	10.6%	3.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1980	1970