Dorrance vs Gorham

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

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

Gorham has the higher population (355 vs 193 in Dorrance). Dorrance has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $52,500 in Gorham). Dorrance has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $95,000 in Gorham).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrance	Gorham
Population	193	355
Median age	64.4 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$52,500
Median home value	$101,000	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$756
Housing units	121	174
Homeownership rate	95.6%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrance	Gorham
Population	220 → 193 (-12.3%)	365 → 355 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$41,528 → $64,750 (+55.9%)	$47,625 → $52,500 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $101,000 (+41.3%)	$65,800 → $95,000 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $525 (+6.3%)	$725 → $756 (+4.3%)

Dorrance

Population

220193

Median household income

$41,528$64,750

Median home value

$71,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$494$525

Gorham

Population

365355

Median household income

$47,625$52,500

Median home value

$65,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$725$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrance	Gorham
Under 5	1.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	5.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	24.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	4.1%	5.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	6.8%
65 to 74	39.4%	13.2%
75 and over	8.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrance	Gorham
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorrance	Gorham
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrance	Gorham
Drove alone	81.3%	93.4%
Carpooled	18.7%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrance	Gorham
1-unit, detached	95.9%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Dorrance	Gorham
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1954	1966