Gorham vs Westbrook

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

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

Westbrook has the higher population (20,484 vs 7,365 in Gorham). Gorham has the higher median household income ($125,058 vs $85,868 in Westbrook). Gorham has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $341,800 in Westbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	Westbrook
Population	7,365	20,484
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,058	$85,868
Median home value	$459,000	$341,800
Median gross rent	$1,518	$1,373
Housing units	2,559	9,404
Homeownership rate	79.3%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	Westbrook
Population	6,759 → 7,365 (+9.0%)	18,633 → 20,484 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$69,171 → $125,058 (+80.8%)	$59,460 → $85,868 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$262,100 → $459,000 (+75.1%)	$232,900 → $341,800 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,518 (+50.4%)	$1,030 → $1,373 (+33.3%)

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

Westbrook

Population

18,63320,484

Median household income

$59,460$85,868

Median home value

$232,900$341,800

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	Westbrook
Under 5	2.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	24.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	18.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.3%
75 and over	7.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	Westbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	81.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	Westbrook
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	23.5%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	Westbrook
Drove alone	60.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	7.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	12.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.8%	18.1%
Other means	2.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	Westbrook
1-unit, detached	76.6%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	10.1%
20 or more units	9.4%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	Westbrook
Poverty rate	1.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1991	1975