Kittery Point vs West Kennebunk

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

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

West Kennebunk has the higher population (1,367 vs 1,008 in Kittery Point). Kittery Point has the higher median household income ($138,185 vs $101,761 in West Kennebunk). West Kennebunk has the higher median home value ($514,700 vs $454,900 in Kittery Point).

Population, income & housing

	Kittery Point	West Kennebunk
Population	1,008	1,367
Median age	52.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$138,185	$101,761
Median home value	$454,900	$514,700
Median gross rent	$1,787	$1,426
Housing units	557	497
Homeownership rate	81.9%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.9%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittery Point	West Kennebunk
Population	985 → 1,008 (+2.3%)	993 → 1,367 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$86,429 → $138,185 (+59.9%)	$82,546 → $101,761 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$336,300 → $454,900 (+35.3%)	$360,400 → $514,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,600 → $1,787 (+11.7%)	$1,230 → $1,426 (+15.9%)

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

West Kennebunk

Population

9931,367

Median household income

$82,546$101,761

Median home value

$360,400$514,700

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kittery Point	West Kennebunk
Under 5	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	8.8%	25.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	4.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	2.3%	16.7%
45 to 54	34.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	15.8%	3.1%
75 and over	14.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittery Point	West Kennebunk
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittery Point	West Kennebunk
No high school diploma	2.5%	0.2%
High school graduate	13.2%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	49.8%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittery Point	West Kennebunk
Drove alone	50.6%	70.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.3%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittery Point	West Kennebunk
1-unit, detached	91.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Kittery Point	West Kennebunk
Poverty rate	1.8%	12.3%
Average household size	1.87	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1938	1977