Gorham has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Gorham is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C). Employers in Gorham report 692 jobs, against 1,703 working residents. About one in ten work in Gorham; the top destination outside it is Canandaigua (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gorham: the figures worth knowing
What’s behind Gorham’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Gorham’s grade up (9.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($64,874, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gorham could be anywhere from C− to B+.
About 21 minutes each way for Gorham’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gorham workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,563 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Gorham
On a workday 1,556 residents head out to work, 147 work right here, and 545 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Gorham on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Gorham to work: where people go
Where Gorham clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Gorham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gorham, 2013 → 2023: 689 → 692. 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gorham
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.
Gorham is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,793 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). 6.6% of Gorham households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gorham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gorham next to U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500: 2,527th of 4,023 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,525 | Gray GA | 3,567 | $73K | 7.4% | 7.0% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,526 | Manheim PA | 4,977 | $81K | 16.2% | 9.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,527 | Gorham NY | 4,087 | $65K | 9.4% | 4.8% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,528 | Springfield Township OH | 5,487 | $53K | 12.0% | 3.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,529 | McChord AFB WA | 2,999 | $55K | 14.4% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 York.
Work next door: 10% of Gorham’s workers
The biggest share goes to Canandaigua (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gorham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorham | – | C+ | C | 21 min | $64,874 |
| Canandaigua | 7% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Seneca | 3% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $90,658 |
| Middlesex | under 3% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $75,750 |
| Potter | under 3% | C | B− | 25 min | $67,344 |
Same-state neighbors only. Canandaigua: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$64,874 (±$8,303) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gorham?
9.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gorham?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gorham work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canandaigua (11%, 8 mi), Canandaigua (7%, 7 mi), Rochester (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gorham walkable?
Gorham is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 3% 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.