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Gorham, ME

7,593 Population
7.7 square miles 991.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,200 ±$4,859 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $52,055 ±$670
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$128,190 ±$15,397 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $92,175 ±$1,533
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.7% ±2.9% (278  ±177) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.7% 42,023 (±0.5% / ±2,631)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32 minutes ±7.9 (110,005  ±35,896) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 25.1 6,021,415 (±0.4 / ±120,275)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,554 ±322 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 240,027 ±1,348
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (5,966  ±830) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 549,303 (±0 / ±133)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1% ±1.5% (21  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 4.1% † 5,058 (±0.5% / ±595)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,598 ±321 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 287,616 ±123
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$506,000 ±$42,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $420,000 ±$4,614
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.3% ±4.5% (1,387  ±372.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.4% 57,950 (±0.5% / ±2,609.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±17.2% (4,514  ±553.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 96.2% 402,912 (±1.1% / ±4,719.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
51.5% ±4.7% (2,409  ±380.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 45.9% 192,235 (±0.8% / ±3,182.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.1% ±3.2% (614  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 5.4% 30,203
  • about double the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±1.7% (250  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.5% 34,653 (±0.3% / ±1,142)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
250 Total veterans ±114 227 Male ±103 23 Female ±37

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