Fairport vs Gates

A side-by-side comparison of Fairport and Gates: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairport and Gates are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairport has the higher population (5,436 vs 4,576 in Gates). Fairport has the higher median household income ($99,805 vs $54,003 in Gates). Fairport has the higher median home value ($262,600 vs $159,900 in Gates).

Population, income & housing

	Fairport	Gates
Population	5,436	4,576
Median age	45.9 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$99,805	$54,003
Median home value	$262,600	$159,900
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,525
Housing units	2,609	2,051
Homeownership rate	66.4%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairport	Gates
Population	5,349 → 5,436 (+1.6%)	4,872 → 4,576 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$71,890 → $99,805 (+38.8%)	$54,271 → $54,003 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$183,400 → $262,600 (+43.2%)	$118,400 → $159,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,135 (+13.7%)	$1,190 → $1,525 (+28.2%)

Fairport

Population

5,3495,436

Median household income

$71,890$99,805

Median home value

$183,400$262,600

Median gross rent

$998$1,135

Gates

Population

4,8724,576

Median household income

$54,271$54,003

Median home value

$118,400$159,900

Median gross rent

$1,190$1,525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairport	Gates
Under 5	3.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.5%
75 and over	10.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairport	Gates
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairport	Gates
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	10.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairport	Gates
Drove alone	68.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	13.5%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairport	Gates
1-unit, detached	57.3%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairport	Gates
Poverty rate	12.9%	19.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1938	1963