Durham vs Gorman

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

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

Durham has the higher population (288,465 vs 1,447 in Gorman). Durham has the higher median household income ($79,234 vs $56,094 in Gorman). Durham has the higher median home value ($355,300 vs $248,000 in Gorman).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Gorman
Population	288,465	1,447
Median age	34.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,234	$56,094
Median home value	$355,300	$248,000
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,299
Housing units	132,864	487
Homeownership rate	51.8%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Gorman
Population	269,702 → 288,465 (+7.0%)	1,145 → 1,447 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$58,905 → $79,234 (+34.5%)	$64,375 → $56,094 (-12.9%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $355,300 (+58.5%)	$167,300 → $248,000 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,412 (+33.5%)	$1,105 → $1,299 (+17.6%)

Durham

Population

269,702288,465

Median household income

$58,905$79,234

Median home value

$224,100$355,300

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,412

Gorman

Population

1,1451,447

Median household income

$64,375$56,094

Median home value

$167,300$248,000

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Gorman
Under 5	6.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	27.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	19.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	22.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.7%
75 and over	4.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Gorman
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	28.6%
Black or African American	34.2%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	56.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Gorman
No high school diploma	8.6%	50.9%
High school graduate	15.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Gorman
Drove alone	65.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.6%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	15.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Gorman
1-unit, detached	51.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Gorman
Poverty rate	12.2%	18.5%
Average household size	2.25	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1994	1967