Gates vs Scotts Mills

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

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

Gates has the higher population (451 vs 376 in Scotts Mills). Scotts Mills has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $60,313 in Gates). Scotts Mills has the higher median home value ($422,700 vs $302,400 in Gates).

Population, income & housing

	Gates	Scotts Mills
Population	451	376
Median age	57.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$67,083
Median home value	$302,400	$422,700
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,234
Housing units	216	124
Homeownership rate	82.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gates	Scotts Mills
Population	517 → 451 (-12.8%)	393 → 376 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $60,313 (+42.8%)	$51,563 → $67,083 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $302,400 (+80.1%)	$273,000 → $422,700 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,278 (+70.4%)	$844 → $1,234 (+46.2%)

Gates

Population

517451

Median household income

$42,250$60,313

Median home value

$167,900$302,400

Median gross rent

$750$1,278

Scotts Mills

Population

393376

Median household income

$51,563$67,083

Median home value

$273,000$422,700

Median gross rent

$844$1,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gates	Scotts Mills
Under 5	2.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	2.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	6.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	20.5%
55 to 64	26.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	20.8%	7.2%
75 and over	6.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gates	Scotts Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gates	Scotts Mills
No high school diploma	12.7%	17.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gates	Scotts Mills
Drove alone	65.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	13.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	10.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gates	Scotts Mills
1-unit, detached	52.3%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.2%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Gates	Scotts Mills
Poverty rate	13.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.16	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1979	1994