Bratenahl vs Gates Mills

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

Bratenahl and Gates Mills are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gates Mills has the higher population (2,192 vs 1,433 in Bratenahl). Gates Mills has the higher median household income ($175,833 vs $159,250 in Bratenahl). Gates Mills has the higher median home value ($651,600 vs $362,400 in Bratenahl).

Population, income & housing

	Bratenahl	Gates Mills
Population	1,433	2,192
Median age	61.2 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$159,250	$175,833
Median home value	$362,400	$651,600
Median gross rent	$1,240	$2,000
Housing units	818	878
Homeownership rate	81.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.5%	74.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bratenahl	Gates Mills
Population	1,379 → 1,433 (+3.9%)	2,189 → 2,192 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$104,318 → $159,250 (+52.7%)	$165,167 → $175,833 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$289,300 → $362,400 (+25.3%)	$505,100 → $651,600 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,422 → $1,240 (-12.8%)	$1,571 → $2,000 (+27.3%)

Bratenahl

Population

1,3791,433

Median household income

$104,318$159,250

Median home value

$289,300$362,400

Median gross rent

$1,422$1,240

Gates Mills

Population

2,1892,192

Median household income

$165,167$175,833

Median home value

$505,100$651,600

Median gross rent

$1,571$2,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bratenahl	Gates Mills
Under 5	3.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	4.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	3.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	25.0%	20.8%
75 and over	15.5%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bratenahl	Gates Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	14.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	8.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bratenahl	Gates Mills
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	8.7%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	41.7%	44.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bratenahl	Gates Mills
Drove alone	72.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	14.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bratenahl	Gates Mills
1-unit, detached	41.7%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	36.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bratenahl	Gates Mills
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.03	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1963	1963