Kennebunk, ME: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Kennebunk is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 11,536 at the 2020 census. Kennebunk is home to several beaches, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, the 1799 Kennebunk Inn, many historic shipbuilders' homes, the Brick Store Museum and the Nature Conservancy Kennebunk Plains (known locally as the Blueberry Plains), with 1,500 acres (6 km2) of nature trails and blueberry fields. The municipality includes the constituent villages of Kennebunk Village (Town), the Lower Village (Lower Kennebunk), Kennebunk Landing (the Landing), Bartlett Mills, West Kennebunk, Kennebunk Beach, Lords Point, Coopers Corner Crossing, Sea Roads Crossing, Webahennet Grove, and Vin…

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How Kennebunk ranks

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Town numbers

ZIP code04043

Area code207

Living in Kennebunk

Housing in Kennebunk

$621K▲ 1.8% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Kennebunk home is worth about $621,000, up 1.8% in a year, 49% above the Maine typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market29

Sale-to-list98.6%

Sold in May12

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Safety in Kennebunk

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Safety Grade A-

Kennebunk reports less crime per resident than 84% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Maine has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Kennebunk sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000

Kennebunk 0.4

Maine 1

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Kennebunk 5.8

Maine 9.6

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Kennebunk

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School Grade A

The public schools Kennebunk’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 93% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#9Best public schoolsof 133 in ME

DistrictRSU 21Schools5

Kennebunk Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 378 students Sea Road School A-Elementary · Grades 3–5 · 308 students Middle School of the Kennebunks AMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 470 students Kennebunk High School AHigh · Grades 9–12 · 683 students THE NEW SCHOOL

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within ME. Ratings are from neighbors.