The Kennebunks

Three towns, one community: that’s the collective name for the warm and welcoming folks of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel. Each town has its unique feel, yet all are part of the same vibrant, year-round community offering a number of cultural opportunities, top-notch schools and breathtaking scenery.

The Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Arundel area is a four-season community with a wide array of industries offering unlimited opportunities in tourism, hospitality, health care, technology, retail and the arts to industry, farming, commercial fishing and more. Local businesses are owned by people who live here and enjoy Maine’s unique coastal quality of life. With a highly qualified labor force, superior health care services, and strong public and higher educational systems – including proximity to the University of New England and York County Community College – it’s an area offering economic advantages.

These communities are easily accessible, located off the Maine Turnpike, a half hour from Portland and Portsmouth, NH, and only 90 minutes from Boston. Portland International Jetport is 30 minutes away, and Logan Airport in Boston is approximately 90 miles from the Kennebunks. The Downeaster service by Amtrak departs from Boston’s South Station and stops in Wells year-round.

Kennebunk. The population was 10,798 at the 2010 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 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 Vinegarhill, Cheshire Commons, Kennebunk Meadows, and various newer neighborhoods.

Kennebunkport. The population was 3,474 people at the 2010 census. The town center, the area in and around Dock Square, is located along the Kennebunk River, approximately 1 mile from the mouth of the river on the Atlantic Ocean. Historically a shipbuilding and fishing village, for well over a century the town has been a popular summer colony and seaside tourist destination. The Municipality of Kennebunkport includes the constituent villages of: Kennebunkport Village, Cape Arundel & Colony Beach, the Cottage Coast, Wilde’s District (Wildwood), Goose Rocks Beach, Turbatts Creek, Cape Porpoise Village, North Village Crossing (Townhouse Corner), among various other newer developments, as well as the enclave of Walker Point, which is the summer estate of the Presidential Bush Family.

Arundel. At the 2010 census, the population was 4,022. The Municipality of Arundel includes the constituent communities and neighborhoods of: Arundel Village, Vinegar Hill, Riverside Arundel, Log Cabin Crossing, Goff Mill, Millers Crossing, and Cottagehill (Cape Arundel Cottage Preserve), among other neighborhoods in an inland area adjacent to the Towns of Kennebunkport and Biddeford. 

Education

The area's comprise school district, RSU 21.  Its K-12 education is among the finest in the state, with a variety of academic and athletic offerings. Both the Middle School of the Kennebunks and Kennebunk High School are International Baccalaureate schools, affording students a world-class learning opportunity. US News & World Report in 2020 ranked Kennebunk High School as the second best in Maine out of 125 schools. Kennebunk High is ranked 1,553 out of 17,700 high schools in the country that were surveyed.