Falmouth Foreside vs Gorham

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

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

Gorham has the higher population (7,365 vs 2,148 in Falmouth Foreside). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median household income ($152,870 vs $125,058 in Gorham). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median home value ($674,200 vs $459,000 in Gorham).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth Foreside	Gorham
Population	2,148	7,365
Median age	52.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$152,870	$125,058
Median home value	$674,200	$459,000
Median gross rent	$2,674	$1,518
Housing units	901	2,559
Homeownership rate	86.8%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth Foreside	Gorham
Population	1,611 → 2,148 (+33.3%)	6,759 → 7,365 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$103,583 → $152,870 (+47.6%)	$69,171 → $125,058 (+80.8%)
Median home value	$483,900 → $674,200 (+39.3%)	$262,100 → $459,000 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $2,674 (+52.8%)	$1,009 → $1,518 (+50.4%)

Falmouth Foreside

Population

1,6112,148

Median household income

$103,583$152,870

Median home value

$483,900$674,200

Median gross rent

$1,750$2,674

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)

	Falmouth Foreside	Gorham
Under 5	3.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	24.7%
25 to 34	4.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.0%
75 and over	12.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Gorham
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth Foreside	Gorham
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	8.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	8.5%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	44.2%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	36.3%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Gorham
Drove alone	54.9%	60.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.1%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Gorham
1-unit, detached	85.0%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth Foreside	Gorham
Poverty rate	2.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1968	1991