Gorham is a census-designated place (CDP) and the main village in the town of Gorham, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,851 at the 2020 census, out of 2,698 people in the entire town of Gorham.
Geography
The CDP is in the central part of the town of Gorham, on the south side of the Androscoggin River. The CDP extends from Moose Brook State Park in the west to the Shelburne town line in the east. The northern border, from west to east, includes Jimtown Road, Moose Brook, and the Androscoggin River, while the southern border follows a power line and a pipeline. U.S. Route 2 runs through the center of Gorham as its Main Street, leading east to Bethel, Maine, and west to Lancaster. New Hampshire Route 16 joins US 2 through the center of Gorham but leads north to Berlin and south over Pinkham Notch to North Conway.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Gorham CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 4.81%, are water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,600 people, 767 households, and 440 families residing in the CDP. There were 852 housing units, of which 85, or 10.0%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the town was 96.8% white, 0.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.1% some other race, and 1.4% from two or more races. 0.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 767 households in the CDP, 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were headed by married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.6% were non-families. 35.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09, and the average family size was 2.68.