Kittery vs Sanford

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

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

Sanford has the higher population (22,095 vs 5,284 in Kittery). Kittery has the higher median household income ($71,574 vs $70,570 in Sanford). Kittery has the higher median home value ($421,400 vs $257,200 in Sanford).

Population, income & housing

	Kittery	Sanford
Population	5,284	22,095
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,574	$70,570
Median home value	$421,400	$257,200
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,158
Housing units	2,880	9,974
Homeownership rate	55.9%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittery	Sanford
Population	4,829 → 5,284 (+9.4%)	21,073 → 22,095 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$67,316 → $71,574 (+6.3%)	$52,513 → $70,570 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $421,400 (+41.7%)	$183,800 → $257,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,247 → $1,431 (+14.8%)	$901 → $1,158 (+28.5%)

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

Sanford

Population

21,07322,095

Median household income

$52,513$70,570

Median home value

$183,800$257,200

Median gross rent

$901$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kittery	Sanford
Under 5	3.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	19.2%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.5%
75 and over	14.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittery	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittery	Sanford
No high school diploma	4.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	17.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittery	Sanford
Drove alone	49.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.8%	1.4%
Walked	11.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	9.3%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittery	Sanford
1-unit, detached	52.3%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	26.5%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	8.3%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Kittery	Sanford
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.6%
Average household size	1.86	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1953	1973