Kittery vs South Eliot

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

Kittery and South Eliot 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 4,021 in South Eliot). South Eliot has the higher median household income ($96,705 vs $71,574 in Kittery). South Eliot has the higher median home value ($437,800 vs $421,400 in Kittery).

Population, income & housing

	Kittery	South Eliot
Population	5,284	4,021
Median age	43.2 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,574	$96,705
Median home value	$421,400	$437,800
Median gross rent	$1,431	$2,088
Housing units	2,880	1,761
Homeownership rate	55.9%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittery	South Eliot
Population	4,829 → 5,284 (+9.4%)	3,160 → 4,021 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$67,316 → $71,574 (+6.3%)	$58,269 → $96,705 (+66.0%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $421,400 (+41.7%)	$328,600 → $437,800 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,247 → $1,431 (+14.8%)	$934 → $2,088 (+123.6%)

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

South Eliot

Population

3,1604,021

Median household income

$58,269$96,705

Median home value

$328,600$437,800

Median gross rent

$934$2,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kittery	South Eliot
Under 5	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	19.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	17.6%
75 and over	14.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittery	South Eliot
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittery	South Eliot
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.7%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittery	South Eliot
Drove alone	49.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	11.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittery	South Eliot
1-unit, detached	52.3%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	26.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	8.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Kittery	South Eliot
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.2%
Average household size	1.86	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1953	1974