Gorham vs Vergennes

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

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

Vergennes has the higher population (274 vs 186 in Gorham). Vergennes has the higher median household income ($48,594 vs $42,083 in Gorham). Vergennes has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $22,500 in Gorham).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	Vergennes
Population	186	274
Median age	45.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$48,594
Median home value	$22,500	$92,000
Median gross rent	$575	$950
Housing units	110	129
Homeownership rate	79.3%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	31.1%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	Vergennes
Population	248 → 186 (-25.0%)	225 → 274 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$23,438 → $42,083 (+79.6%)	$43,750 → $48,594 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$28,000 → $22,500 (-19.6%)	$76,700 → $92,000 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $575 (+22.3%)	$683 → $950 (+39.1%)

Gorham

Population

248186

Median household income

$23,438$42,083

Median home value

$28,000$22,500

Median gross rent

$470$575

Vergennes

Population

225274

Median household income

$43,750$48,594

Median home value

$76,700$92,000

Median gross rent

$683$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	Vergennes
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	6.2%
45 to 54	19.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.0%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	Vergennes
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	Vergennes
No high school diploma	24.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	Vergennes
Drove alone	93.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	11.8%
Public transit	5.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	Vergennes
1-unit, detached	92.7%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	Vergennes
Poverty rate	27.4%	10.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1946	1978