Gates vs St. Paul

A side-by-side comparison of Gates and St. Paul: population, income, housing, and more.

Gates and St. Paul 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 450 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median household income ($113,000 vs $60,313 in Gates). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($523,900 vs $302,400 in Gates).

Population, income & housing

	Gates	St. Paul
Population	451	450
Median age	57.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$113,000
Median home value	$302,400	$523,900
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,518
Housing units	216	164
Homeownership rate	82.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gates	St. Paul
Population	517 → 451 (-12.8%)	480 → 450 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $60,313 (+42.8%)	$90,179 → $113,000 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $302,400 (+80.1%)	$330,600 → $523,900 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,278 (+70.4%)	$1,125 → $1,518 (+34.9%)

Gates

Population

517451

Median household income

$42,250$60,313

Median home value

$167,900$302,400

Median gross rent

$750$1,278

St. Paul

Population

480450

Median household income

$90,179$113,000

Median home value

$330,600$523,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gates	St. Paul
Under 5	2.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	26.4%	19.1%
65 to 74	20.8%	9.8%
75 and over	6.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gates	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	81.3%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gates	St. Paul
No high school diploma	12.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	32.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gates	St. Paul
Drove alone	65.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gates	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	52.3%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Gates	St. Paul
Poverty rate	13.5%	5.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1979	1984