Photo: Dudesleeper at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.5Household incomes in Kennebunkport top those of 79% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 4.6% of residents, against 10.7% across Maine. Kennebunkport grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 32% of workers, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Kennebunkport, in brief
A lot of Kennebunkport works from home
32% of Kennebunkport workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
Kennebunkport workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 27 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A lot of Kennebunkport works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Kennebunkport: Kennebunk (14%), Biddeford (10%) and Arundel (3%). Next door ↓
Kennebunkport’s workforce skews older
40% of Kennebunkport’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Kennebunkport’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kennebunkport is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #26 of 143 in Maine. The poverty rate holds Kennebunkport’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kennebunkport could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Kennebunkport’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kennebunkport workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,123 commuters (the 32% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What the 1,072 jobs in Kennebunkport are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kennebunkport, 2014 → 2024: 846 → 1,072. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kennebunkport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kennebunkport on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,202 residents head out to work, 194 work right here, and 878 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Kennebunk
Where Kennebunkport clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Kennebunkport’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Kennebunkport is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kennebunkport is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #62 of 143 in Maine. Both inputs place Kennebunkport near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,641 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Kennebunkport households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kennebunkport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Kennebunkport comes 1,020th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 349 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 743 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 788 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,018 | Jackson Township OH | 3,088 | $88K | 3.4% | 2.4% | 5% | A− |
| 1,019 | Glenburn ME | 4,825 | $97K | 7.1% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| 1,020 | Kennebunkport ME | 3,717 | $103K | 4.6% | 3.7% | 14% | A− |
| 1,021 | Daleville VA | 3,797 | $103K | 5.5% | 4.1% | 8% | A− |
| 1,022 | Springfield Township IN | 4,745 | $85K | 2.4% | 4.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Kennebunkport, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
27% of Kennebunkport works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Kennebunk (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kennebunkport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennebunkport | – | A− | B− | 34 min | $102,747 |
| Biddeford | 10% | B− | A | 24 min | $72,333 |
| Kennebunk | 14% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $107,804 |
| Arundel | 3% | A− | C | 23 min | $101,597 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kennebunkport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kennebunkport: questions
What is the median household income in Kennebunkport?
$102,747 (±$29,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kennebunkport?
4.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kennebunkport?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kennebunkport work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kennebunk (14%, 7 mi), Portland (14%, 22 mi), Biddeford (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kennebunkport walkable?
Kennebunkport is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kennebunkport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kennebunkport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kennebunkport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.