Gateway vs Sanibel

A side-by-side comparison of Gateway and Sanibel: population, income, housing, and more.

Gateway and Sanibel are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gateway has the higher population (9,603 vs 6,402 in Sanibel). Sanibel has the higher median household income ($122,730 vs $103,161 in Gateway). Sanibel has the higher median home value ($912,200 vs $394,500 in Gateway).

Population, income & housing

	Gateway	Sanibel
Population	9,603	6,402
Median age	41.8 yrs	68.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,161	$122,730
Median home value	$394,500	$912,200
Median gross rent	$1,784	$747
Housing units	4,953	8,525
Homeownership rate	85.6%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gateway	Sanibel
Population	10,702 → 9,603 (-10.3%)	7,319 → 6,402 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$100,101 → $103,161 (+3.1%)	$108,081 → $122,730 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$297,800 → $394,500 (+32.5%)	$721,200 → $912,200 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,714 → $1,784 (+4.1%)	$1,545 → $747 (-51.7%)

Gateway

Population

10,7029,603

Median household income

$100,101$103,161

Median home value

$297,800$394,500

Median gross rent

$1,714$1,784

Sanibel

Population

7,3196,402

Median household income

$108,081$122,730

Median home value

$721,200$912,200

Median gross rent

$1,545$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gateway	Sanibel
Under 5	4.7%	0.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	3.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	1.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	3.6%
45 to 54	18.3%	5.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	22.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	35.7%
75 and over	9.6%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gateway	Sanibel
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gateway	Sanibel
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	18.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gateway	Sanibel
Drove alone	68.3%	53.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.6%	29.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gateway	Sanibel
1-unit, detached	67.8%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	19.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Gateway	Sanibel
Poverty rate	4.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.55	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	2003	1983