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Gate City, VA

1,928 Population
4 square miles 484.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 45.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,213 ±$7,183 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $34,596 ±$815
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,857 ±$17,186 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $57,792 ±$1,597
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±6.2% (319  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 15.1% 46,087 (±0.8% / ±2,438)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2.4 (18,105  ±4,961) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.5 2,736,420 (±0.6 / ±85,215)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

886 ±140 Number of households
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 130,939 ±1,119
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,928  ±318) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 2.3 305,444 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±5% (33  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 5.1% † 3,262 (±0.8% / ±510)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,167 ±136 Number of housing units
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 149,760 ±209
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,000 ±$33,816 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $198,400 ±$3,922
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±3.1% (101  ±61) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 10.3% 31,680 (±0.7% / ±2,110.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.1% ±23% (1,427  ±235.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 89.2% 204,689 (±1.4% / ±3,250.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.3% ±9.1% (430  ±151.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.9% 54,894 (±0.8% / ±1,791.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.9% (10  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 1.6% 4,841
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±2.6% (67  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 8% 20,226 (±0.4% / ±969)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
67 Total veterans ±42 67 Male ±42 N/A Female ±13

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