A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Linn$1,230/mo

Typical home $193K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.37% · or rent about $496/mo · Housing →

Gorham$1,020/mo

Typical home $153K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.69% · or rent about $788/mo · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,600 a year, between Linn and Gorham.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

LinnGorham

Snow a year9″13″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 71st

Outdoors & history

LinnGorham

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1877 1886

Archive photos1 2

Community

LinnGorham

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

117 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LinnKS GorhamKS

Linn ↔ Gorham117 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Kansas average

LinnGorham

People

Population 470Highest 416Lowest

Median age 30±7.3Highest 20% below KS 28.7±12.3Lowest 23% below KS

Linn and Gorham are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.5%±7.6 KS: 23.8% 24.5%±10 KS: 23.8%

Age 65+ 21.5%±8.2Highest KS: 17% 20.2%±4.1Lowest KS: 17%

Linn and Gorham are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.1%Highest KS: 35.6% 13.3%Lowest KS: 35.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±1.6Lowest KS: 6.6% 3.1%±4.4Highest KS: 6.6%

Gorham and Linn are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $74,432±$15kHighest about the KS average $68,200±$6kLowest 8% below KS

Linn and Gorham are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $108,800±$39kLowest 50% below KS $113,200±$26kHighest 48% below KS

Gorham and Linn are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $496±$230Lowest 53% below KS $788±$400Highest 26% below KS

Gorham and Linn are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,493Lowest 47% below KS $1,917Highest 31% below KS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32.8%±16.4Highest KS: 43.5% 26.3%±13.1Lowest KS: 43.5%

Linn and Gorham are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8.7%Highest KS: 11.3% 5%Lowest KS: 11.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.7%Highest KS: 67.2% 64.8%Lowest KS: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 19 yrs older than KS 1975Highest 1 yr older than KS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minHighest 4% below KS 15 minLowest 24% below KS

Work from home 14.7%±8.8Highest KS: 11.8% 4%±4.3Lowest KS: 11.8%

Linn and Gorham are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.1%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.8 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Highest 0.46Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (7%)Russell (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GorhamFew work in Linn

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 111Lowest 162Highest

Kansas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Linn vs Gorham

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Linn

What daily life feels like in each

117 miles apart

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