What is the population of Gorman CDP?

Gorman CDP has 1,447 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #391 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Gorman CDP?

Median household income in Gorman CDP is $56,094 a year, 28.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gorman CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,299 a month and the median home value is $248,000, so rent absorbs about 27.8% of median household income.

Is Gorman CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gorman CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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North Carolina · Census place 27120

Gorman, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gorman, North Carolina (Gorman, NC — Census place “Gorman CDP”) is 1,447 residents, ranking #391 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $56,094, the median home is worth $248,000 and median gross rent runs $1,299 a month. Looking for the Gorman North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gorman, NC: 27704.

Population: 1,447Gorman CDP residents
Median household income: $56,094Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $248,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,299Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.6%Owner-occupied households

Gorman ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gorman.

The Gorman NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

27704

What the numbers mean in Gorman CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gorman CDP median would spend about 27.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.5% of residents and 60.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Gorman CDP, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gorman CDP is a small town in North Carolina, with 1,447 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #391 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 49% of them. The median age here is 39.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Gorman CDP earn a median of $56,094 a year, 28.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 18.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gorman CDP is valued at $248,000, 18.3% below the national figure and 13% above the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,299 a month, 7.6% below the national figure, or roughly $15,588 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Gorman CDP?: Gorman CDP has 1,447 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #391 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Gorman CDP?: Median household income in Gorman CDP is $56,094 a year, 28.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gorman CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,299 a month and the median home value is $248,000, so rent absorbs about 27.8% of median household income.
Is Gorman CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gorman CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gorman CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.