Gates Mills vs Valley View

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

Gates Mills and Valley View 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 1,934 in Valley View). Gates Mills has the higher median household income ($175,833 vs $100,179 in Valley View). Gates Mills has the higher median home value ($651,600 vs $277,500 in Valley View).

Population, income & housing

	Gates Mills	Valley View
Population	2,192	1,934
Median age	51.7 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$175,833	$100,179
Median home value	$651,600	$277,500
Median gross rent	$2,000	$980
Housing units	878	843
Homeownership rate	94.3%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gates Mills	Valley View
Population	2,189 → 2,192 (+0.1%)	2,024 → 1,934 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$165,167 → $175,833 (+6.5%)	$94,479 → $100,179 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$505,100 → $651,600 (+29.0%)	$256,000 → $277,500 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,571 → $2,000 (+27.3%)	$847 → $980 (+15.7%)

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

Valley View

Population

2,0241,934

Median household income

$94,479$100,179

Median home value

$256,000$277,500

Median gross rent

$847$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gates Mills	Valley View
Under 5	5.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	3.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	21.3%
65 to 74	20.8%	14.6%
75 and over	13.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gates Mills	Valley View
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gates Mills	Valley View
No high school diploma	1.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	13.0%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	11.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	44.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gates Mills	Valley View
Drove alone	80.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gates Mills	Valley View
1-unit, detached	98.2%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gates Mills	Valley View
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1963	1969