Gorham vs Makanda

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

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

Makanda has the higher population (550 vs 186 in Gorham). Makanda has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $42,083 in Gorham). Makanda has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $22,500 in Gorham).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	Makanda
Population	186	550
Median age	45.8 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$72,083
Median home value	$22,500	$241,300
Median gross rent	$575	$911
Housing units	110	243
Homeownership rate	79.3%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	31.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	Makanda
Population	248 → 186 (-25.0%)	588 → 550 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$23,438 → $42,083 (+79.6%)	$68,750 → $72,083 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$28,000 → $22,500 (-19.6%)	$231,100 → $241,300 (+4.4%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $575 (+22.3%)	$1,013 → $911 (-10.1%)

Gorham

Population

248186

Median household income

$23,438$42,083

Median home value

$28,000$22,500

Median gross rent

$470$575

Makanda

Population

588550

Median household income

$68,750$72,083

Median home value

$231,100$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,013$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	Makanda
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	1.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	19.9%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	20.7%
75 and over	8.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	Makanda
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	13.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	Makanda
No high school diploma	24.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	37.0%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	Makanda
Drove alone	93.1%	87.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	2.0%
Public transit	5.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	Makanda
1-unit, detached	92.7%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	Makanda
Poverty rate	27.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1946	1993