Kittery vs Lake Arrowhead

A side-by-side comparison of Kittery and Lake Arrowhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kittery has the higher population (5,284 vs 3,273 in Lake Arrowhead). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median household income ($84,221 vs $71,574 in Kittery). Kittery has the higher median home value ($421,400 vs $226,400 in Lake Arrowhead).

Population, income & housing

	Kittery	Lake Arrowhead
Population	5,284	3,273
Median age	43.2 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,574	$84,221
Median home value	$421,400	$226,400
Median gross rent	$1,431	$2,120
Housing units	2,880	1,217
Homeownership rate	55.9%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittery	Lake Arrowhead
Population	4,829 → 5,284 (+9.4%)	3,067 → 3,273 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$67,316 → $71,574 (+6.3%)	$77,031 → $84,221 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $421,400 (+41.7%)	$167,100 → $226,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,247 → $1,431 (+14.8%)	$1,325 → $2,120 (+60.0%)

Kittery

Population

4,8295,284

Median household income

$67,316$71,574

Median home value

$297,300$421,400

Median gross rent

$1,247$1,431

Lake Arrowhead

Population

3,0673,273

Median household income

$77,031$84,221

Median home value

$167,100$226,400

Median gross rent

$1,325$2,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kittery	Lake Arrowhead
Under 5	3.1%	10.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	14.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	4.1%
75 and over	14.3%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittery	Lake Arrowhead
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	93.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittery	Lake Arrowhead
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	17.7%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittery	Lake Arrowhead
Drove alone	49.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	12.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	5.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittery	Lake Arrowhead
1-unit, detached	52.3%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kittery	Lake Arrowhead
Poverty rate	6.7%	14.3%
Average household size	1.86	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1953	1996