Crystal Beach vs Gorham

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

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

Crystal Beach has the higher population (648 vs 345 in Gorham). Gorham has the higher median household income ($85,893 vs $52,857 in Crystal Beach). Gorham has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $163,900 in Crystal Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Beach	Gorham
Population	648	345
Median age	56.9 yrs	69.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,857	$85,893
Median home value	$163,900	$214,100
Median gross rent	$884	—
Housing units	484	173
Homeownership rate	57.1%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Beach	Gorham
Population	735 → 648 (-11.8%)	776 → 345 (-55.5%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $52,857 (+3.1%)	$77,411 → $85,893 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $163,900 (+24.6%)	$124,400 → $214,100 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $884 (-2.9%)	—

Crystal Beach

Population

735648

Median household income

$51,250$52,857

Median home value

$131,500$163,900

Median gross rent

$910$884

Gorham

Population

776345

Median household income

$77,411$85,893

Median home value

$124,400$214,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Beach	Gorham
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	5.4%	0.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	1.2%
25 to 34	3.1%	25.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	0.9%
45 to 54	17.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	26.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	20.8%	43.8%
75 and over	7.4%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Beach	Gorham
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Beach	Gorham
No high school diploma	8.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	27.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Beach	Gorham
Drove alone	82.5%	43.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	33.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	17.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Beach	Gorham
1-unit, detached	86.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Beach	Gorham
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.7%
Average household size	1.68	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1958	1963