Gate City vs Nickelsville

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

Gate City and Nickelsville 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 397 in Nickelsville). Nickelsville has the higher median household income ($37,857 vs $37,188 in Gate City). Nickelsville has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $158,400 in Gate City).

Population, income & housing

	Gate City	Nickelsville
Population	1,939	397
Median age	42.0 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$37,857
Median home value	$158,400	$187,500
Median gross rent	$600	$733
Housing units	1,127	228
Homeownership rate	72.8%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gate City	Nickelsville
Population	1,941 → 1,939 (-0.1%)	366 → 397 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$34,228 → $37,188 (+8.6%)	$32,321 → $37,857 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $158,400 (+64.3%)	$107,800 → $187,500 (+73.9%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $600 (+23.0%)	$525 → $733 (+39.6%)

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

Nickelsville

Population

366397

Median household income

$32,321$37,857

Median home value

$107,800$187,500

Median gross rent

$525$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gate City	Nickelsville
Under 5	3.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	5.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.3%
75 and over	8.5%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gate City	Nickelsville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	91.2%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gate City	Nickelsville
No high school diploma	6.3%	23.0%
High school graduate	20.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gate City	Nickelsville
Drove alone	93.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gate City	Nickelsville
1-unit, detached	83.2%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Gate City	Nickelsville
Poverty rate	15.5%	17.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	40
Median year structure built	1965	1978