Alleghany County vs Gates County

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

Alleghany County and Gates County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alleghany County has the higher population (11,075 vs 10,437 in Gates County). Gates County has the higher median household income ($61,612 vs $44,272 in Alleghany County). Alleghany County has the higher median home value ($199,000 vs $163,900 in Gates County).

Population, income & housing

	Alleghany County	Gates County
Population	11,075	10,437
Median age	51.4 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,272	$61,612
Median home value	$199,000	$163,900
Median gross rent	$755	$940
Housing units	7,752	4,809
Homeownership rate	77.1%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alleghany County	Gates County
Population	11,008 → 11,075 (+0.6%)	11,548 → 10,437 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$37,830 → $44,272 (+17.0%)	$50,750 → $61,612 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$139,800 → $199,000 (+42.3%)	$147,700 → $163,900 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $755 (+21.4%)	$860 → $940 (+9.3%)

Alleghany County

Population

11,00811,075

Median household income

$37,830$44,272

Median home value

$139,800$199,000

Median gross rent

$622$755

Gates County

Population

11,54810,437

Median household income

$50,750$61,612

Median home value

$147,700$163,900

Median gross rent

$860$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alleghany County	Gates County
Under 5	4.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	17.5%	12.9%
75 and over	12.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alleghany County	Gates County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	63.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	31.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alleghany County	Gates County
No high school diploma	16.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alleghany County	Gates County
Drove alone	76.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alleghany County	Gates County
1-unit, detached	78.3%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	36.5%

Poverty & households

	Alleghany County	Gates County
Poverty rate	17.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	41
Median year structure built	1982	1991