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Gorham, NH

2,044 Population
1.7 square miles 1,214.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.8 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Coos County: 49.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,150 ±$4,505 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Coos County: $36,850 ±$2,753
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$60,417 ±$8,861 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Coos County: $58,439 ±$3,111
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

6.6% ±3.5% (134  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Coos County: 12.9% † 3,782 (±1.9% / ±545)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

23.3 minutes ±5 (24,620  ±6,866) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Coos County: 22.8 291,825 (±1 / ±16,016)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

1,065 ±149 Number of households
  • Coos County: 13,818 ±331
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
1.9 ±0.3 (2,044  ±165) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Coos County: 2.1 29,326 (±0.1 / ±52)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

3.5% ±5.1% (13  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Coos County: 4.7% † 245 (±1.9% / ±99)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

1,212 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Coos County: 20,589 ±62
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$136,300 ±$12,965 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Coos County: $169,600 ±$7,372
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

9.9% ±5.4% (200  ±109) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Coos County: 11.4% † 3,545 (±1.4% / ±423.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

98.3% ±11.7% (1,668  ±254.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Coos County: 89.5% 21,933 (±3% / ±726.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
24.5% ±7.8% (415  ±138.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Coos County: 20.2% 4,941 (±1.5% / ±376.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

1.7% ±1.5% (34  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Coos County: 2.8% 890
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

9.8% ±4.2% (179  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Coos County: 10.2% 2,687 (±1% / ±263)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
179 Total veterans ±79 137 Male ±62 42 Female ±39

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