Kennebunk vs York Harbor

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

Kennebunk and York Harbor 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 3,853 in York Harbor). Kennebunk has the higher median household income ($93,167 vs $91,675 in York Harbor). York Harbor has the higher median home value ($561,700 vs $429,600 in Kennebunk).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunk	York Harbor
Population	6,008	3,853
Median age	54.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,167	$91,675
Median home value	$429,600	$561,700
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,258
Housing units	3,286	1,890
Homeownership rate	70.6%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunk	York Harbor
Population	5,872 → 6,008 (+2.3%)	2,522 → 3,853 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$68,082 → $93,167 (+36.8%)	$67,639 → $91,675 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $429,600 (+42.4%)	$391,300 → $561,700 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,411 (+50.9%)	$906 → $1,258 (+38.9%)

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

York Harbor

Population

2,5223,853

Median household income

$67,639$91,675

Median home value

$391,300$561,700

Median gross rent

$906$1,258

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunk	York Harbor
Under 5	3.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	1.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	21.4%	13.2%
75 and over	13.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunk	York Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunk	York Harbor
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	14.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunk	York Harbor
Drove alone	58.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	24.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunk	York Harbor
1-unit, detached	43.1%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	3.8%
20 or more units	11.4%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunk	York Harbor
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1980	1970