Gorham vs Portland

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

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

Portland has the higher population (68,505 vs 7,365 in Gorham). Gorham has the higher median household income ($125,058 vs $76,174 in Portland). Gorham has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $452,600 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	Portland
Population	7,365	68,505
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,058	$76,174
Median home value	$459,000	$452,600
Median gross rent	$1,518	$1,487
Housing units	2,559	35,957
Homeownership rate	79.3%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	Portland
Population	6,759 → 7,365 (+9.0%)	66,595 → 68,505 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$69,171 → $125,058 (+80.8%)	$60,467 → $76,174 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$262,100 → $459,000 (+75.1%)	$289,000 → $452,600 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,518 (+50.4%)	$1,124 → $1,487 (+32.3%)

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

Portland

Population

66,59568,505

Median household income

$60,467$76,174

Median home value

$289,000$452,600

Median gross rent

$1,124$1,487

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	Portland
Under 5	2.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	10.9%
18 to 24	24.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	20.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.0%
75 and over	7.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	79.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	Portland
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	23.5%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	Portland
Drove alone	60.4%	56.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.9%
Public transit	1.0%	2.7%
Walked	12.2%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	20.8%	21.5%
Other means	2.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	Portland
1-unit, detached	76.6%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	26.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	16.2%
20 or more units	9.4%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	Portland
Poverty rate	1.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1991	1946