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West Kennebunk, ME

1,395 Population
3.5 square miles 401 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,446 ±$8,972 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $52,055 ±$670
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$124,167 ±$45,825 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $92,175 ±$1,533
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±5.9% (99  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.7% 42,023 (±0.5% / ±2,631)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.5 minutes ±5.7 (14,135  ±6,743) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 25.1 6,021,415 (±0.4 / ±120,275)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

504 ±123 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 240,027 ±1,348
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (1,389  ±364) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 549,303 (±0 / ±133)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.5% ±8% (24  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 4.1% † 5,058 (±0.5% / ±595)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

504 ±123 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 287,616 ±123
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$554,100 ±$70,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $420,000 ±$4,614
  • nearly double the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.4% ±9.2% (183  ±135) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.4% 57,950 (±0.5% / ±2,609.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.5% ±31.3% (871  ±185.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 96.2% 402,912 (±1.1% / ±4,719.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
51.2% ±7.2% (448  ±121.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 45.9% 192,235 (±0.8% / ±3,182.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±1.4% (12  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 5.4% 30,203
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.2% ±2.2% (20  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.5% 34,653 (±0.3% / ±1,142)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
20 Total veterans ±21 11 Male ±16 9 Female ±14

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