About Kennebunk

Kennebunk is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maine. With a population of 10,476 people and just one neighborhood, Kennebunk is the 28th largest community in Maine.

Kennebunk is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kennebunk is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kennebunk who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.91%), sales jobs (13.20%), and management occupations (12.69%).

Also of interest is that Kennebunk has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Kennebunk is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Kennebunk really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Kennebunk perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One of the nice things about Kennebunk is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Kennebunk is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Kennebunk Information and Demographics

The education level of Kennebunk citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 42.90% of adults in Kennebunk have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kennebunk in 2000 was $26,181, which is wealthy relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,724 for a family of four.

The people who call Kennebunk home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kennebunk is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kennebunk include English, Irish, French Canadian, German, Italian, French, Scottish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Kennebunk is English.