Gates Mills vs Oakwood

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

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

Oakwood has the higher population (3,526 vs 2,192 in Gates Mills). Gates Mills has the higher median household income ($175,833 vs $65,038 in Oakwood). Gates Mills has the higher median home value ($651,600 vs $172,600 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	Gates Mills	Oakwood
Population	2,192	3,526
Median age	51.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$175,833	$65,038
Median home value	$651,600	$172,600
Median gross rent	$2,000	$975
Housing units	878	1,357
Homeownership rate	94.3%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gates Mills	Oakwood
Population	2,189 → 2,192 (+0.1%)	3,668 → 3,526 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$165,167 → $175,833 (+6.5%)	$52,027 → $65,038 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$505,100 → $651,600 (+29.0%)	$151,900 → $172,600 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,571 → $2,000 (+27.3%)	$742 → $975 (+31.4%)

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

Oakwood

Population

3,6683,526

Median household income

$52,027$65,038

Median home value

$151,900$172,600

Median gross rent

$742$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gates Mills	Oakwood
Under 5	5.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	3.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	20.8%	19.1%
75 and over	13.6%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gates Mills	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	44.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	46.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gates Mills	Oakwood
No high school diploma	1.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	13.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	11.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	44.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gates Mills	Oakwood
Drove alone	80.8%	65.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gates Mills	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	98.2%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Gates Mills	Oakwood
Poverty rate	6.4%	23.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1963	1971