Gorham vs Yarmouth

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

Gorham and Yarmouth 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 6,293 in Yarmouth). Gorham has the higher median household income ($125,058 vs $92,311 in Yarmouth). Yarmouth has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $459,000 in Gorham).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	Yarmouth
Population	7,365	6,293
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,058	$92,311
Median home value	$459,000	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,518	$1,694
Housing units	2,559	2,462
Homeownership rate	79.3%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	Yarmouth
Population	6,759 → 7,365 (+9.0%)	5,681 → 6,293 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$69,171 → $125,058 (+80.8%)	$79,025 → $92,311 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$262,100 → $459,000 (+75.1%)	$329,600 → $506,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,518 (+50.4%)	$1,201 → $1,694 (+41.0%)

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

Yarmouth

Population

5,6816,293

Median household income

$79,025$92,311

Median home value

$329,600$506,300

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	Yarmouth
Under 5	2.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	24.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.6%
75 and over	7.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	Yarmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	Yarmouth
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	23.5%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	Yarmouth
Drove alone	60.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	12.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.8%	16.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	Yarmouth
1-unit, detached	76.6%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	8.9%
20 or more units	9.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	Yarmouth
Poverty rate	1.9%	12.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1991	1971