Duffield vs Gate City

A side-by-side comparison of Duffield and Gate City: population, income, housing, and more.

Duffield and Gate City are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gate City has the higher population (1,939 vs 65 in Duffield). Duffield has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $37,188 in Gate City). Gate City has the higher median home value ($158,400 vs $110,000 in Duffield).

Population, income & housing

	Duffield	Gate City
Population	65	1,939
Median age	53.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$37,188
Median home value	$110,000	$158,400
Median gross rent	$694	$600
Housing units	35	1,127
Homeownership rate	69.0%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duffield	Gate City
Population	81 → 65 (-19.8%)	1,941 → 1,939 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $55,417 (+36.4%)	$34,228 → $37,188 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $110,000 (+0.0%)	$96,400 → $158,400 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $694 (+18.8%)	$488 → $600 (+23.0%)

Duffield

Population

8165

Median household income

$40,625$55,417

Median home value

$110,000$110,000

Median gross rent

$584$694

Gate City

Population

1,9411,939

Median household income

$34,228$37,188

Median home value

$96,400$158,400

Median gross rent

$488$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duffield	Gate City
Under 5	3.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	9.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	18.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	21.5%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	14.6%
75 and over	26.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duffield	Gate City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duffield	Gate City
No high school diploma	16.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duffield	Gate City
Drove alone	93.1%	93.4%
Carpooled	3.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duffield	Gate City
1-unit, detached	71.4%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Duffield	Gate City
Poverty rate	1.5%	15.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1981	1965