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Kennebunk vs Limestone
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Kennebunk has the most expensive homes ($488k median).
Limestone has the most affordable homes ($98k median).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Kennebunk | Limestone |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 11,820Highest |
1,579Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +6.8%Highest ME: +2.6% |
-34.1%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 54.6±3.3Highest 22% above ME |
45.3±4.9Lowest about the ME average |
| Kids under 18 | 17.7%±3Lowest ME: 18.1% |
20.7%±4.8Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Limestone and Kennebunk are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Age 65+ | 30%±4Highest ME: 22.4% |
21.7%±3.6Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 51.2%Highest ME: 36.2% |
20.3%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 2.7%±1.4Lowest ME: 5.8% |
9.5%±4.7Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $107,804±$8kHighest 44% above ME |
$49,938±$8kLowest 33% below ME |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $487,700±$21kHighest 64% above ME |
$98,400±$18kLowest 67% below ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,425±$290Highest 25% above ME |
$754±$233Lowest 34% below ME |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $4,999Highest 65% above ME |
$1,332Lowest 56% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 37.1%±10.9Highest ME: 48.4% |
32%±12.4Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Kennebunk and Limestone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 7.3%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
16.4%Highest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 80.6%Highest ME: 74.3% |
61.2%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1983Highest 6 yrs newer than ME |
1959Lowest 18 yrs older than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 27 minHighest 9% above ME |
19 minLowest 24% below ME |
| Work from home | 32.5%±7.6Highest ME: 15.9% |
14.5%±5.2Lowest ME: 15.9% |
| Schools | ||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #9 of 133 in ME | — |
| School district | RSU 21 | ME Sch of Science & Mathematics · Limestone Public Schools |
| High school in town | Kennebunk High School | ME Sch of Science & Mathematics |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 11.6Highest |
8.6Lowest |
| On TownTapestry | ||
| Old photos in History | None yet | None yet |
ME average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.