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Gate City, VA

1,939 Population
4 square miles 487.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 45.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,629 ±$6,795 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $33,842 ±$799
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$37,188 ±$16,344 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $55,948 ±$1,153
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

15.5% ±5.4% (297  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 15% 45,755 (±0.8% / ±2,450)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

22 minutes ±8.4 (16,900  ±4,427) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.4 2,748,895 (±0.5 / ±70,654)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

878 ±126 Number of households
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 129,894 ±1,002
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±0.2 (1,939  ±341) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 2.3 303,989 (±0 / ±112)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

5.7% ±5.3% (23  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 5.4% † 3,408 (±0.8% / ±482)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

1,127 ±138 Number of housing units
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 149,151 ±150
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$158,400 ±$33,963 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $182,500 ±$3,006
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

6.3% ±3.7% (121  ±73.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 10.6% 32,346 (±0.8% / ±2,308.7)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

93.7% ±22.8% (1,369  ±235.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 88.7% 202,267 (±1.4% / ±3,196.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
32% ±10.2% (467  ±169.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.8% 54,177 (±0.8% / ±1,716.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.4% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 1.4% 4,433
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

7.3% ±3.9% (113  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 8.2% 20,628 (±0.4% / ±1,026)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
113 Total veterans ±63 113 Male ±63 N/A Female ±13

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