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Gates has 29,008 residents (give or take 41) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3605528442, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,909 people per square mile.
Gates is about 61 miles from the Census center point for Buffalo in a straight line and covers 15.199 square miles of land (Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and land area, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 12,645 occupied homes in Gates, 77% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 17% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3605528442, checked 2026-10-19).
Gates has about the Monroe County oil share of 1% and 3 points less electric heat than the county's 20% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36055, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 77% of Gates against electricity at 17%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Gates has 13,127 housing units, 9% built before 1940 and 72% before 1980, with 11% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3605528442, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Gates home was built in 1970 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3605528442, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3605528442, checked 2026-10-19).
Gates has 16 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Monroe County as a whole (25%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US36055, checked 2026-10-19).
71% of Gates homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 12% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3605528442, checked 2026-10-19).
With 71% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Gates quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 26% of Gates homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3605528442, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.