Gates vs Hamlin

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

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

Hamlin has the higher population (5,041 vs 4,576 in Gates). Hamlin has the higher median household income ($69,142 vs $54,003 in Gates). Gates has the higher median home value ($159,900 vs $131,300 in Hamlin).

Population, income & housing

	Gates	Hamlin
Population	4,576	5,041
Median age	45.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,003	$69,142
Median home value	$159,900	$131,300
Median gross rent	$1,525	$882
Housing units	2,051	2,119
Homeownership rate	93.4%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gates	Hamlin
Population	4,872 → 4,576 (-6.1%)	5,344 → 5,041 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$54,271 → $54,003 (-0.5%)	$52,951 → $69,142 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $159,900 (+35.1%)	$108,300 → $131,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,190 → $1,525 (+28.2%)	$791 → $882 (+11.5%)

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

Hamlin

Population

5,3445,041

Median household income

$52,951$69,142

Median home value

$108,300$131,300

Median gross rent

$791$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gates	Hamlin
Under 5	4.6%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	21.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.9%
75 and over	8.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gates	Hamlin
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gates	Hamlin
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gates	Hamlin
Drove alone	77.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gates	Hamlin
1-unit, detached	98.1%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Gates	Hamlin
Poverty rate	19.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1963	1979