Gorham vs Waldo

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

Gorham and Waldo 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 22 in Waldo). Gorham has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $40,750 in Waldo). Since 2019, Gorham's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -58.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	Waldo
Population	355	22
Median age	27.5 yrs	71.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$40,750
Median home value	$95,000	—
Median gross rent	$756	—
Housing units	174	41
Homeownership rate	72.5%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	Waldo
Population	365 → 355 (-2.7%)	53 → 22 (-58.5%)
Median household income	$47,625 → $52,500 (+10.2%)	$31,000 → $40,750 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $95,000 (+44.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$725 → $756 (+4.3%)	—

Gorham

Population

365355

Median household income

$47,625$52,500

Median home value

$65,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$725$756

Waldo

Population

5322

Median household income

$31,000$40,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	Waldo
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	24.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	86.4%
75 and over	8.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	100.0%
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	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	Waldo
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	Waldo
Drove alone	93.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	33.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	Waldo
1-unit, detached	83.3%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	Waldo
Poverty rate	6.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.50	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1966	1938