Chagrin Falls vs Gates Mills

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

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

Chagrin Falls has the higher population (4,209 vs 2,192 in Gates Mills). Gates Mills has the higher median household income ($175,833 vs $96,914 in Chagrin Falls). Gates Mills has the higher median home value ($651,600 vs $414,500 in Chagrin Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Chagrin Falls	Gates Mills
Population	4,209	2,192
Median age	50.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,914	$175,833
Median home value	$414,500	$651,600
Median gross rent	$1,195	$2,000
Housing units	2,088	878
Homeownership rate	79.9%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.8%	74.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chagrin Falls	Gates Mills
Population	4,032 → 4,209 (+4.4%)	2,189 → 2,192 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$101,691 → $96,914 (-4.7%)	$165,167 → $175,833 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$346,300 → $414,500 (+19.7%)	$505,100 → $651,600 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,195 (+0.1%)	$1,571 → $2,000 (+27.3%)

Chagrin Falls

Population

4,0324,209

Median household income

$101,691$96,914

Median home value

$346,300$414,500

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,195

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)

	Chagrin Falls	Gates Mills
Under 5	3.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	3.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	20.8%
75 and over	15.9%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chagrin Falls	Gates Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chagrin Falls	Gates Mills
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	10.4%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	44.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chagrin Falls	Gates Mills
Drove alone	65.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	14.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chagrin Falls	Gates Mills
1-unit, detached	69.3%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Chagrin Falls	Gates Mills
Poverty rate	3.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1953	1963