Gate City vs Hiltons

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

Gate City and Hiltons 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 403 in Hiltons). Hiltons has the higher median household income ($43,472 vs $37,188 in Gate City). Gate City has the higher median home value ($158,400 vs $115,500 in Hiltons).

Population, income & housing

	Gate City	Hiltons
Population	1,939	403
Median age	42.0 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$43,472
Median home value	$158,400	$115,500
Median gross rent	$600	—
Housing units	1,127	227
Homeownership rate	72.8%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gate City	Hiltons
Population	1,941 → 1,939 (-0.1%)	270 → 403 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$34,228 → $37,188 (+8.6%)	$29,107 → $43,472 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $158,400 (+64.3%)	$78,100 → $115,500 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $600 (+23.0%)	$638 → $702 (+10.0%)

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

Hiltons

Population

270403

Median household income

$29,107$43,472

Median home value

$78,100$115,500

Median gross rent

$638$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gate City	Hiltons
Under 5	3.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	7.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	1.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	4.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.6%	54.3%
75 and over	8.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gate City	Hiltons
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	84.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gate City	Hiltons
No high school diploma	6.3%	17.0%
High school graduate	20.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gate City	Hiltons
Drove alone	93.4%	93.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gate City	Hiltons
1-unit, detached	83.2%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Gate City	Hiltons
Poverty rate	15.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.21	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1965	1982