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Gorham town, Ontario County, NY

4,104 Population
48.8 square miles 84 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.9 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ontario County: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$44,080 ±$9,667 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ontario County: $44,500 ±$1,194
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$62,134 ±$5,961 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ontario County: $79,814 ±$2,440
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.5% ±3.3% (349  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ontario County: 9.2% † 9,961 (±1% / ±1,135)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.5 minutes ±0.9 (33,520  ±5,274) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ontario County: 22.4 1,061,785 (±0.6 / ±37,068)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,844 ±192 Number of households
  • Ontario County: 47,684 ±633
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.2 (4,063  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ontario County: 2.3 108,428 (±0 / ±156)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

6.8% ±5.8% (43  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ontario County: 5.3% † 1,229 (±0.9% / ±207)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,251 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Ontario County: 53,001 ±89
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$237,300 ±$22,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ontario County: $202,900 ±$6,244
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11.5% ±5.1% (466  ±206) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ontario County: 12.5% 13,949 (±0.9% / ±1,007.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.1% ±5.5% (2,799  ±317.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ontario County: 93.3% 75,178 (±2% / ±1,643.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
27.4% ±3.9% (860  ±146.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ontario County: 37.2% 29,943 (±1.3% / ±1,059)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

2.9% ±1.7% (119  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ontario County: 4% 4,494
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

10% ±3.5% (336  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ontario County: 7.1% 6,406 (±0.5% / ±430)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
336 Total veterans ±119 300 Male ±116 36 Female ±25

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