Moving to Gorham, Maine

About Gorham, Maine
Gorham

Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,336 at the 2020 United States Census. In addition to its urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town encompasses a number of smaller, unincorporated villages and hamlets with distinct historical identities, including South Gorham, West Gorham, Little Falls, White Rock, and North Gorham. Gorham is home to one of the three campuses of the University of Southern Maine. In 2013, Gorham was voted second-best town in Maine after Hampden by a financial website.

Gorham is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.

Initially named Narragansett Number 7, the village was renamed Gorhamtown Plantation in honor of the famous New England Ranger John Gorham I, the great grandfather of John Gorham 4th.

Gender
Gender Gorham Maine Country
Female 54.3% 51% 50.8%
Male 45.7% 49% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.054%46%Female54.3%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.02%5%4%3%10%20%13%17%16%9%$50K to $75K20.4%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Gorham Maine Country
Less than $10,000 2% 5.3% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 5% 4.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 3.8% 9.7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 3.4% 9.3% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 9.6% 13.1% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 20.4% 18.5% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 13.4% 13.8% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 17.3% 15% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 15.6% 5.5% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 9.4% 4.9% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.00%4%21%15%14%31%13%1%1%Bachelor Degree31%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Gorham Maine Country
< 9th Grade 0% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 4% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 21% 31% 27.0%
Other College 15% 19% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 14% 10% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 31% 20% 20.0%
Master's Degree 13% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Gorham Maine  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K25.35.854.94.13.89.78.53.49.38.69.613.11220.418.517.213.413.812.817.31515.615.65.57.19.44.98.3
Education
 Gorham Maine  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade035457213127151920141093120201399122111
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.089%2%0%3%2%0%4%0%White89.4%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Gorham Maine Country
White 89.4% 92.6% 60.1%
African American 1.9% 1.3% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.6% 0.6%
Asian 2.9% 1.1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 3.7% 2.4% 2.8%
Hispanic 2.1% 1.7% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Gorham Maine  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.00255075100Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite89.492.660.11.91.312.200.60.62.91.15.6000.20.10.20.33.72.42.82.11.718.2