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Kittery Point, ME

Kittery Point's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,008
Residents
$138,185
Median income
$454,900
Median home
$1,448
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet ME-KITTERY-POINT-ME · Kittery Point, ME 1,008 pop · income 92nd pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-TOP · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-HIGH · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,008
  • INC-TOP $138,185
  • COL-PAR 97.1
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-TOP 92nd
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bowles
  • HOME-HIGH $454,900
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Bowles, CA ( $18 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Kittery Point

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kittery Point on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Kittery Point on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,008.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $138,185. Population peers are excluded.

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Kittery Point - the verdict

Kittery Point ranks in the 92nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.

92nd
percentile, household income
82nd
percentile, home value
69th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Kittery Point, ME

1,008 people live in Kittery Point, Maine - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Kittery Point households earn a median of $138,185 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Kittery Point's housing stock carries a median value of $454,900, and the median resident age is 52.7 years. 63.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 70.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.

Maine tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Maine at 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,448 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Maine's average monthly utility costs around $273 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 56.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Kittery Point's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Kittery Point, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

What does the education layer cover for Kittery Point?

The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 63.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.

The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.

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Question 2

How far does income reach against housing in Kittery Point?

The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.

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3. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Kittery Point?

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 50.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Question 4

Which cities make useful reference points for Kittery Point?

Within Maine, the closest population matches are Clinton (1,043 residents, $74,706 income); Winterport (1,043 residents, $72,708 income); South Windham (1,047 residents, $128,108 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hooper Bay, AK (1,008 residents); Genoa, AR (1,008 residents); Marvell, AR (1,008 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

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Population

1,008 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$138,185 /yr

Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

97.1 (US=100)

Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maine average

City profile score · Kittery Point, ME

85/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Poverty rate A+
0.0%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share A+
63.9%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Household income A+
$138,185

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Cost of living C-
97.1 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Kittery Point profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share, Household income, Cost of living. Poverty rateBachelor's+ shareHousehold incomeCost of living 85 A
Kittery Point profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 63.9%
  • Household income: 93/100 (A+) · $138,185
  • Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index

How does Kittery Point compare to other US cities?

Kittery Point measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 92% higher than other cities
Home value 82% pricier than other cities
Median rent 69% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Kittery Point against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Maine only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Maine-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Kittery Point near the bottom of Maine's cities

Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kittery Point ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kittery Point only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#4 of 145
97th percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Median Home Value
#17 of 151
89th percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#126 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#8 of 154
95th percentile in Maine
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Maine only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

92ndIncome percentile
Gauge source note

92nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Kittery Point's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$454,900 18th percentile more affordable than 18% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). This entry sits in this band. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Kittery Point $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Kittery Point's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,089 of 15,516
More affordable than 48% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,626 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 3.3×, Kittery Point sits in the moderate band: national rank #8,089 of 15,516 and #6,626 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$138,185 Kittery Point, ME median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Kittery Point, ME Kittery Point, ME's median household income ($138,185) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Kittery Point, ME-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Kittery Point, ME median $138,185/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Kittery Point, ME median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Kittery Point, ME.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 63.9%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 0.0%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 70.7%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
1,008
Median Income
$138,185
Median Home Value
$454,900
Median Age
52.7
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
70.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
63.9%

Schools

Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
50.6%
Carpool
4.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
45.3%

Based on 627 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Maine statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $273

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Maine at $273 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).

These are Maine statewide averages, not a meter reading for Kittery Point. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Maine's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Kittery Point is $1,448/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Maine statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 56.7 / 100 (Moderate).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Maine statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Kittery Point sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Kittery Point compares to similar-size Maine cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Kittery Point (this city) 1,008 $138,185
Clinton 1,043 $74,706
Winterport 1,043 $72,708
South Windham 1,047 $128,108
NCES CCD
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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