Gorham vs Grand Tower

A side-by-side comparison of Gorham and Grand Tower: population, income, housing, and more.

Gorham and Grand Tower are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Tower has the higher population (551 vs 186 in Gorham). Grand Tower has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $42,083 in Gorham). Grand Tower has the higher median home value ($24,500 vs $22,500 in Gorham).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	Grand Tower
Population	186	551
Median age	45.8 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$59,375
Median home value	$22,500	$24,500
Median gross rent	$575	$700
Housing units	110	245
Homeownership rate	79.3%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	31.1%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	Grand Tower
Population	248 → 186 (-25.0%)	565 → 551 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$23,438 → $42,083 (+79.6%)	$44,559 → $59,375 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$28,000 → $22,500 (-19.6%)	$36,700 → $24,500 (-33.2%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $575 (+22.3%)	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)

Gorham

Population

248186

Median household income

$23,438$42,083

Median home value

$28,000$22,500

Median gross rent

$470$575

Grand Tower

Population

565551

Median household income

$44,559$59,375

Median home value

$36,700$24,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	Grand Tower
Under 5	4.8%	12.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	23.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	19.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.6%
75 and over	8.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	Grand Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	Grand Tower
No high school diploma	24.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	37.0%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	Grand Tower
Drove alone	93.1%	84.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	13.2%
Public transit	5.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	Grand Tower
1-unit, detached	92.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	Grand Tower
Poverty rate	27.4%	22.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	36	40
Median year structure built	1946	1960