Brooklyn Heights vs Gates Mills

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

Brooklyn Heights 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 1,492 in Brooklyn Heights). Gates Mills has the higher median household income ($175,833 vs $92,639 in Brooklyn Heights). Gates Mills has the higher median home value ($651,600 vs $221,800 in Brooklyn Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Heights	Gates Mills
Population	1,492	2,192
Median age	46.3 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,639	$175,833
Median home value	$221,800	$651,600
Median gross rent	$1,213	$2,000
Housing units	605	878
Homeownership rate	94.2%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	74.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Heights	Gates Mills
Population	1,615 → 1,492 (-7.6%)	2,189 → 2,192 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$72,708 → $92,639 (+27.4%)	$165,167 → $175,833 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$165,800 → $221,800 (+33.8%)	$505,100 → $651,600 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,213 (+16.9%)	$1,571 → $2,000 (+27.3%)

Brooklyn Heights

Population

1,6151,492

Median household income

$72,708$92,639

Median home value

$165,800$221,800

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,213

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)

	Brooklyn Heights	Gates Mills
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	3.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	20.8%
75 and over	9.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Gates Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Heights	Gates Mills
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	44.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Gates Mills
Drove alone	79.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	14.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Gates Mills
1-unit, detached	96.7%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Heights	Gates Mills
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1960	1963