Gates vs Henning

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

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

Henning has the higher population (1,259 vs 612 in Gates). Henning has the higher median household income ($43,616 vs $39,815 in Gates). Gates has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $75,000 in Henning).

Population, income & housing

	Gates	Henning
Population	612	1,259
Median age	31.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,815	$43,616
Median home value	$88,500	$75,000
Median gross rent	$759	$688
Housing units	268	617
Homeownership rate	42.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gates	Henning
Population	645 → 612 (-5.1%)	1,002 → 1,259 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$29,167 → $39,815 (+36.5%)	$24,694 → $43,616 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $88,500 (+36.2%)	$67,800 → $75,000 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $759 (+9.1%)	$543 → $688 (+26.7%)

Gates

Population

645612

Median household income

$29,167$39,815

Median home value

$65,000$88,500

Median gross rent

$696$759

Henning

Population

1,0021,259

Median household income

$24,694$43,616

Median home value

$67,800$75,000

Median gross rent

$543$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gates	Henning
Under 5	9.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.6%
75 and over	5.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gates	Henning
White (non-Hispanic)	33.3%	10.1%
Black or African American	60.6%	83.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gates	Henning
No high school diploma	14.3%	24.9%
High school graduate	39.0%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gates	Henning
Drove alone	86.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	4.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gates	Henning
1-unit, detached	78.7%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Gates	Henning
Poverty rate	24.2%	31.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1972	1980