Kittery vs Saco

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

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

Saco has the higher population (20,636 vs 5,284 in Kittery). Saco has the higher median household income ($84,328 vs $71,574 in Kittery). Kittery has the higher median home value ($421,400 vs $370,300 in Saco).

Population, income & housing

	Kittery	Saco
Population	5,284	20,636
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,574	$84,328
Median home value	$421,400	$370,300
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,268
Housing units	2,880	9,619
Homeownership rate	55.9%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittery	Saco
Population	4,829 → 5,284 (+9.4%)	19,497 → 20,636 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$67,316 → $71,574 (+6.3%)	$70,517 → $84,328 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $421,400 (+41.7%)	$258,900 → $370,300 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,247 → $1,431 (+14.8%)	$1,173 → $1,268 (+8.1%)

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

Saco

Population

19,49720,636

Median household income

$70,517$84,328

Median home value

$258,900$370,300

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kittery	Saco
Under 5	3.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.9%
75 and over	14.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittery	Saco
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittery	Saco
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	17.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittery	Saco
Drove alone	49.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	11.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	21.3%	15.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittery	Saco
1-unit, detached	52.3%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	26.5%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	8.3%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Kittery	Saco
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.8%
Average household size	1.86	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1953	1980