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Population (year 2000): 2,159. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,072 (-4.0% change)
Males: 1,009 (46.7%), Females: 1,150 (53.3%)
Scott County
Zip code:
24251
Median resident age: 42.7 years
Median household income: $31,875 (year 2000)
Median house value: $78,600 (year 2000)
Races in Gate City:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
- Black (3.8%)
Ancestries: United States (35.0%), English
(7.5%), Scotch-Irish (7.1%), Irish (5.5%), German (4.4%), Dutch
(1.3%).
Elevation: 1304 feet
Land area: 2.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gate City
- High school or higher: 71.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.5%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gate City town
- Never married: 20.9%
- Now married: 51.9%
- Separated: 5.7%
- Widowed: 11.7%
- Divorced: 9.7%
0.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -62 (-2.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gate City:
- HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 7 miles;
KINGSPORT, TN)
- INDIAN PATH MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles;
KINGSPORT, TN)
- HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles;
KINGSPORT, TN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Gate
City:
- TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 18 miles;
BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 83 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 104 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gate City:
- LONESOME PINE (about 25 miles; WISE, VA; ID: LNP)
- HAWKINS COUNTY (about 25 miles; ROGERSVILLE, TN; ID:
RVN)
- JOHNSON CITY (about 28 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; ID:
0A4)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gate City:
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
17 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,729)
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles;
JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles;
MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63
miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 67 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 69
miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(about 72 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
Public high school in Gate City:
- GATE CITY HIGH (Students: 452; Location: 127
BEECH ST; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Gate City:
- GATE CITY MIDDLE (Students: 515; Location:
125 BEECH ST; Grades: 07 - 09)
- SHOEMAKER ELEM. (Students: 417; Location: 125
SHOEMAKER DR; Grades: KG - 06)
- YUMA ELEM. (Students: 170; Location: RT 3 BOX
264; Grades: KG - 06)
- RENAISSANCE/SCOTT CO (Location: C/O SCOTT CO
PUBLIC SCHLS; Grades: 06 - 12)
- SCOTT COUNTY VOC. (Location: 150 BROADWATER
AVE; Grades: 00 - 00)
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