Brunswick vs Gorham

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

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

Brunswick has the higher population (16,928 vs 7,365 in Gorham). Gorham has the higher median household income ($125,058 vs $68,190 in Brunswick). Gorham has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $333,500 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Gorham
Population	16,928	7,365
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,190	$125,058
Median home value	$333,500	$459,000
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,518
Housing units	7,286	2,559
Homeownership rate	68.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Gorham
Population	14,994 → 16,928 (+12.9%)	6,759 → 7,365 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$54,083 → $68,190 (+26.1%)	$69,171 → $125,058 (+80.8%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $333,500 (+58.4%)	$262,100 → $459,000 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,300 (+49.9%)	$1,009 → $1,518 (+50.4%)

Brunswick

Population

14,99416,928

Median household income

$54,083$68,190

Median home value

$210,500$333,500

Median gross rent

$867$1,300

Gorham

Population

6,7597,365

Median household income

$69,171$125,058

Median home value

$262,100$459,000

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Gorham
Under 5	6.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	10.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	15.6%	24.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.0%
75 and over	10.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Gorham
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Gorham
No high school diploma	3.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	21.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Gorham
Drove alone	58.8%	60.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	12.2%	12.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	20.8%
Other means	1.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Gorham
1-unit, detached	48.1%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.6%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Gorham
Poverty rate	7.3%	1.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1974	1991