Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0At 1.1%, unemployment in Gorham is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Hampshire as a whole. The two grades for Gorham are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Gorham apart
Gorham trades workers with the towns around it
Gorham has about as many jobs (1,526) as working residents (1,315), but they are mostly different people: 984 residents leave for work each day while 1,195 people come in. Only 22% of the jobs in Gorham are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Gorham and Berlin trade workers both ways
Berlin is the top workplace for Gorham residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Gorham come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Gorham workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Gorham pay little
28% of the jobs based in Gorham pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Gorham gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gorham is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #94 of 126 in New Hampshire. Unemployment holds Gorham’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gorham could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 984 residents head out to work, 331 work right here, and 1,195 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in Berlin
Where Gorham clocks in
20% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Gorham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gorham workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,281 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Inside Gorham’s 1,526 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gorham, 2013 → 2023: 1,482 → 1,526. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gorham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Gorham commutes less than 16 miles
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Gorham, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gorham is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #31 of 126 in New Hampshire. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,303 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.8% of Gorham households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gorham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Gorham is 1,993rd among 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,991 | Jefferson Township IN | 2,291 | $58K | 6.7% | 0.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,992 | Colfax Township MI | 2,036 | $88K | 8.1% | 2.8% | 2% | B− |
| 1,993 | Gorham NH | 2,661 | $61K | 4.3% | 1.1% | 25% | B− |
| 1,994 | Madison Township PA | 2,514 | $80K | 7.3% | 5.2% | <1% | B− |
| 1,995 | Trainer PA | 1,972 | $81K | 23.9% | 5.6% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Gorham, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
20% of Gorham works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gorham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorham | – | B− | B+ | 23 min | $61,275 |
| Berlin | 20% | D | B+ | 19 min | $45,180 |
| Randolph | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Shelburne | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Randolph and Shelburne: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Berlin. Darker towns draw more of Gorham’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Gorham: questions
What is the median household income in Gorham?
$61,275 (±$7,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gorham?
4.3%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gorham?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gorham work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berlin (20%, 7 mi), Concord (6%, 82 mi), Conway (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gorham walkable?
Gorham is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gorham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gorham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gorham
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.