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About Gates
Town in New York, United StatesGates is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is named after General Horatio Gates. The population was 29,167 at the 2020 census. Gates and North Gates are census-designated places within the town. It is a suburb of Rochester.
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Housing in Gates
The median sale price was $215,000 in May 2026.
Safety in Gates
Safety Grade C-
Gates reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 78% report less.
Schools in Gates
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The public schools Gates’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 79% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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