What is the population of Gate City town?

Gate City town has 1,939 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #291 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Gate City town?

Median household income in Gate City town is $37,188 a year, 52.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gate City town?

Median gross rent is $600 a month and the median home value is $158,400, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.

Is Gate City town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gate City town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Gate City, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gate City, Virginia (Gate City, VA — Census place “Gate City town”) is 1,939 residents, ranking #291 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $37,188, the median home is worth $158,400 and median gross rent runs $600 a month. Looking for the Gate City Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gate City, VA: 24251.

Population: 1,939Gate City town residents
Median household income: $37,188Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $158,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $600Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.8%Owner-occupied households

Gate City ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gate City.

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

24251

What the numbers mean in Gate City town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gate City town median would spend about 19.4% 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 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.5% of residents and 72.8% of households own their home.

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

Gate City town, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gate City town is a small town in Virginia, with 1,939 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #291 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 42 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 Gate City town earn a median of $37,188 a year, 52.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 55% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gate City town is valued at $158,400, 47.8% below the national figure and 46% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $600 a month, 57.3% below the national figure, or roughly $7,200 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 72.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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

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What is the population of Gate City town?: Gate City town has 1,939 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #291 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Gate City town?: Median household income in Gate City town is $37,188 a year, 52.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gate City town?: Median gross rent is $600 a month and the median home value is $158,400, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.
Is Gate City town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gate City town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gate City town 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.