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Kennebunkport vs Wells
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Kennebunkport has the most people working from home (41.4%).
Wells has grown the fastest since 2010 (+18%).
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 | Kennebunkport | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 1,276Lowest |
11,713Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +2.1%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
+18%Highest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 63.1±4.2Highest 41% above ME |
53.6±3.8Lowest 20% above ME |
| Kids under 18 | 5.2%±5.2Lowest ME: 18.1% |
18%±3.4Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Age 65+ | 45.3%±7.8Highest ME: 22.4% |
31%±3.3Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 54.6%Highest ME: 36.2% |
43.3%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 0.9%±1.7Lowest ME: 5.8% |
4.5%±1.5Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $121,189±$24kHighest 62% above ME |
$88,024±$11kLowest 18% above ME |
| Kennebunkport and Wells are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $814,400±$148kHighest 175% above ME |
$485,300±$23kLowest 64% above ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | — | $1,350±$297 19% above ME |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $4,255Highest 40% above ME |
$3,215Lowest 6% above ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 25%±45.9Lowest ME: 48.4% |
42.1%±19.6Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Wells and Kennebunkport are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 11.8%Highest ME: 10.7% |
6.8%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 90.3%Highest ME: 74.3% |
90.1%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1978Lowest 1 yr newer than ME |
1989Highest 12 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 44 minHighest 79% above ME |
28 minLowest 12% above ME |
| Work from home | 41.4%±14.4Highest ME: 15.9% |
17.8%±4.2Lowest ME: 15.9% |
| Schools | ||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #42 of 133 in ME | #22 of 133 in ME |
| School district | — | Wells-Ogunquit CSD |
| High school in town | — | Wells High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | 11.4 |
| On TownTapestry | ||
| Old photos in Our Story | 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.