Kittery vs York Harbor

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

Kittery and York Harbor 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 3,853 in York Harbor). York Harbor has the higher median household income ($91,675 vs $71,574 in Kittery). York Harbor has the higher median home value ($561,700 vs $421,400 in Kittery).

Population, income & housing

	Kittery	York Harbor
Population	5,284	3,853
Median age	43.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,574	$91,675
Median home value	$421,400	$561,700
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,258
Housing units	2,880	1,890
Homeownership rate	55.9%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittery	York Harbor
Population	4,829 → 5,284 (+9.4%)	2,522 → 3,853 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$67,316 → $71,574 (+6.3%)	$67,639 → $91,675 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $421,400 (+41.7%)	$391,300 → $561,700 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,247 → $1,431 (+14.8%)	$906 → $1,258 (+38.9%)

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

York Harbor

Population

2,5223,853

Median household income

$67,639$91,675

Median home value

$391,300$561,700

Median gross rent

$906$1,258

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kittery	York Harbor
Under 5	3.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	19.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.2%
75 and over	14.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittery	York Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	98.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittery	York Harbor
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	17.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittery	York Harbor
Drove alone	49.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	24.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittery	York Harbor
1-unit, detached	52.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	26.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	3.8%
20 or more units	8.3%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kittery	York Harbor
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.1%
Average household size	1.86	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1953	1970