Accident vs Gorman

A side-by-side comparison of Accident and Gorman: population, income, housing, and more.

Accident and Gorman are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Accident has the higher population (436 vs 262 in Gorman). Gorman has the higher median household income ($72,886 vs $58,750 in Accident). Since 2019, Gorman's population has grown faster (+187.9% vs +30.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Accident	Gorman
Population	436	262
Median age	32.4 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$72,886
Median home value	$206,500	—
Housing units	206	93
Homeownership rate	58.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accident	Gorman
Population	335 → 436 (+30.1%)	91 → 262 (+187.9%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $58,750 (+2.2%)	$67,864 → $72,886 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$144,300 → $206,500 (+43.1%)	—

Accident

Population

335436

Median household income

$57,500$58,750

Median home value

$144,300$206,500

Gorman

Population

91262

Median household income

$67,864$72,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accident	Gorman
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	18.1%	15.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	48.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	0.0%
75 and over	5.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accident	Gorman
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accident	Gorman
No high school diploma	4.9%	39.9%
High school graduate	36.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accident	Gorman
Drove alone	80.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accident	Gorman
1-unit, detached	65.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Accident	Gorman
Poverty rate	24.8%	61.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1980	1948