Gate City vs Weber City

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

Gate City and Weber 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 1,478 in Weber City). Weber City has the higher median household income ($49,028 vs $37,188 in Gate City). Gate City has the higher median home value ($158,400 vs $142,600 in Weber City).

Population, income & housing

	Gate City	Weber City
Population	1,939	1,478
Median age	42.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$49,028
Median home value	$158,400	$142,600
Median gross rent	$600	$733
Housing units	1,127	689
Homeownership rate	72.8%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gate City	Weber City
Population	1,941 → 1,939 (-0.1%)	1,623 → 1,478 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$34,228 → $37,188 (+8.6%)	$35,893 → $49,028 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $158,400 (+64.3%)	$105,500 → $142,600 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $600 (+23.0%)	$587 → $733 (+24.9%)

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

Weber City

Population

1,6231,478

Median household income

$35,893$49,028

Median home value

$105,500$142,600

Median gross rent

$587$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gate City	Weber City
Under 5	3.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	18.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.0%
75 and over	8.5%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gate City	Weber City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	91.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gate City	Weber City
No high school diploma	6.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	20.1%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gate City	Weber City
Drove alone	93.4%	87.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gate City	Weber City
1-unit, detached	83.2%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Gate City	Weber City
Poverty rate	15.5%	19.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1965	1962