Gorham vs West Stewartstown

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

Gorham and West Stewartstown are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gorham has the higher population (2,044 vs 368 in West Stewartstown). West Stewartstown has the higher median household income ($71,583 vs $60,417 in Gorham). Since 2019, Gorham's population has grown faster (+37.3% vs +17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	West Stewartstown
Population	2,044	368
Median age	54.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$71,583
Median home value	$136,300	—
Median gross rent	$774	$1,143
Housing units	1,212	154
Homeownership rate	73.2%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	West Stewartstown
Population	1,489 → 2,044 (+37.3%)	314 → 368 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$58,789 → $60,417 (+2.8%)	$28,583 → $71,583 (+150.4%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $136,300 (-2.0%)	$58,600 → $59,100 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $774 (+13.3%)	$562 → $1,143 (+103.4%)

Gorham

Population

1,4892,044

Median household income

$58,789$60,417

Median home value

$139,100$136,300

Median gross rent

$683$774

West Stewartstown

Population

314368

Median household income

$28,583$71,583

Median home value

$58,600$59,100

Median gross rent

$562$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	West Stewartstown
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	4.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	5.1%	1.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	32.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	3.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	15.5%
75 and over	10.7%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	West Stewartstown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	West Stewartstown
No high school diploma	1.7%	26.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	West Stewartstown
Drove alone	82.9%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	West Stewartstown
1-unit, detached	51.3%	27.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	57.1%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	West Stewartstown
Poverty rate	6.6%	6.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1968	1982