Kennebunk vs South Eliot

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

Kennebunk and South Eliot 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 4,021 in South Eliot). South Eliot has the higher median household income ($96,705 vs $93,167 in Kennebunk). South Eliot has the higher median home value ($437,800 vs $429,600 in Kennebunk).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunk	South Eliot
Population	6,008	4,021
Median age	54.9 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,167	$96,705
Median home value	$429,600	$437,800
Median gross rent	$1,411	$2,088
Housing units	3,286	1,761
Homeownership rate	70.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunk	South Eliot
Population	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)	3,160 → 4,021 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)	$58,269 → $96,705 (+66.0%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)	$328,600 → $437,800 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)	$934 → $2,088 (+123.6%)

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 Eliot

Population

3,1604,021

Median household income

$58,269$96,705

Median home value

$328,600$437,800

Median gross rent

$934$2,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunk	South Eliot
Under 5	3.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	21.4%	17.6%
75 and over	13.5%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunk	South Eliot
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunk	South Eliot
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.8%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunk	South Eliot
Drove alone	58.2%	82.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunk	South Eliot
1-unit, detached	43.1%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	11.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunk	South Eliot
Poverty rate	10.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1980	1974