Kennebunkport vs Kittery Point

A side-by-side comparison of Kennebunkport and Kittery Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kennebunkport has the higher population (1,450 vs 1,008 in Kittery Point). Kittery Point has the higher median household income ($138,185 vs $118,922 in Kennebunkport). Kennebunkport has the higher median home value ($805,200 vs $454,900 in Kittery Point).

Population, income & housing

	Kennebunkport	Kittery Point
Population	1,450	1,008
Median age	60.3 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$118,922	$138,185
Median home value	$805,200	$454,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,787
Housing units	1,039	557
Homeownership rate	91.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	63.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennebunkport	Kittery Point
Population	1,098 → 1,450 (+32.1%)	985 → 1,008 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$73,512 → $118,922 (+61.8%)	$86,429 → $138,185 (+59.9%)
Median home value	$408,800 → $805,200 (+97.0%)	$336,300 → $454,900 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,547 (+48.8%)	$1,600 → $1,787 (+11.7%)

Kennebunkport

Population

1,0981,450

Median household income

$73,512$118,922

Median home value

$408,800$805,200

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,547

Kittery Point

Population

9851,008

Median household income

$86,429$138,185

Median home value

$336,300$454,900

Median gross rent

$1,600$1,787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennebunkport	Kittery Point
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.1%	8.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	4.0%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	2.3%
45 to 54	17.2%	34.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	16.2%	15.8%
75 and over	21.9%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennebunkport	Kittery Point
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennebunkport	Kittery Point
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	15.9%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	49.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennebunkport	Kittery Point
Drove alone	50.8%	50.6%
Carpooled	0.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.4%	45.3%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennebunkport	Kittery Point
1-unit, detached	89.9%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kennebunkport	Kittery Point
Poverty rate	12.1%	1.8%
Average household size	2.08	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	37	23
Median year structure built	1960	1938