Gates vs Ripley

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

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

Ripley has the higher population (7,718 vs 612 in Gates). Gates has the higher median household income ($39,815 vs $39,047 in Ripley). Ripley has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $88,500 in Gates).

Population, income & housing

	Gates	Ripley
Population	612	7,718
Median age	31.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,815	$39,047
Median home value	$88,500	$152,200
Median gross rent	$759	$745
Housing units	268	3,377
Homeownership rate	42.3%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gates	Ripley
Population	645 → 612 (-5.1%)	7,947 → 7,718 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$29,167 → $39,815 (+36.5%)	$33,533 → $39,047 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $88,500 (+36.2%)	$86,700 → $152,200 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $759 (+9.1%)	$696 → $745 (+7.0%)

Gates

Population

645612

Median household income

$29,167$39,815

Median home value

$65,000$88,500

Median gross rent

$696$759

Ripley

Population

7,9477,718

Median household income

$33,533$39,047

Median home value

$86,700$152,200

Median gross rent

$696$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gates	Ripley
Under 5	9.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	13.7%	12.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.7%
75 and over	5.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gates	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	33.3%	38.7%
Black or African American	60.6%	54.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gates	Ripley
No high school diploma	14.3%	17.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gates	Ripley
Drove alone	86.9%	77.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.1%	2.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gates	Ripley
1-unit, detached	78.7%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Gates	Ripley
Poverty rate	24.2%	28.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1972	1976