Gorham vs Whitefield

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

Gorham and Whitefield 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 1,438 in Whitefield). Whitefield has the higher median household income ($62,273 vs $60,417 in Gorham). Whitefield has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $136,300 in Gorham).

Population, income & housing

	Gorham	Whitefield
Population	2,044	1,438
Median age	54.8 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$62,273
Median home value	$136,300	$165,000
Median gross rent	$774	$900
Housing units	1,212	729
Homeownership rate	73.2%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gorham	Whitefield
Population	1,489 → 2,044 (+37.3%)	1,058 → 1,438 (+35.9%)
Median household income	$58,789 → $60,417 (+2.8%)	$40,250 → $62,273 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $136,300 (-2.0%)	$115,700 → $165,000 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $774 (+13.3%)	$716 → $900 (+25.7%)

Gorham

Population

1,4892,044

Median household income

$58,789$60,417

Median home value

$139,100$136,300

Median gross rent

$683$774

Whitefield

Population

1,0581,438

Median household income

$40,250$62,273

Median home value

$115,700$165,000

Median gross rent

$716$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gorham	Whitefield
Under 5	2.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	7.9%	9.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	11.4%
25 to 34	5.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	20.0%	14.0%
75 and over	10.7%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gorham	Whitefield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gorham	Whitefield
No high school diploma	1.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	45.6%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gorham	Whitefield
Drove alone	82.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gorham	Whitefield
1-unit, detached	51.3%	50.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	10.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Gorham	Whitefield
Poverty rate	6.6%	13.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1968	1938