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Straight answers to the 10 questions buyers ask most
Taxes, home prices, building on land, water and sewer, commuting to Virginia and USDA loans. Sourced and dated. Free 3-page PDF.
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The questions buyers type into Google before they ever call an agent, answered from county, state and federal sources, with dates.
- What is the property tax rate in Gates County?In the free PDF
- Where is Gates County, and do people commute to Virginia?In the free PDF
- How much do homes cost in Gates County?In the free PDF
- Can I build a house on land I buy in Gates County?In the free PDF
- Does Gates County have public water and sewer?In the free PDF
- What schools serve Gates County?In the free PDF
- Is there a hospital in Gates County?In the free PDF
- What is there to do in Gates County?In the free PDF
- What is the crime rate in Gates County?In the free PDF
- Can I use a USDA loan or NCHFA down payment help here?In the free PDF
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Thinking about Gates County? Straight answers to the 10 questions buyers ask most.
Taxes, home prices, building on land, water and sewer, commuting to Virginia and USDA loans. Sourced and dated. Free 3-page PDF.
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30 sources, from the county offices to state and federal agencies, each checked October 25, 2026.
- What is the property tax rate in Gates County?p. 1
- Where is Gates County, and do people commute to Virginia?p. 1
- How much do homes cost in Gates County?p. 1
- Can I build a house on land I buy in Gates County?p. 2
- Does Gates County have public water and sewer?p. 2
- What schools serve Gates County?p. 2
- Is there a hospital in Gates County?p. 2
- What is there to do in Gates County?p. 2
- What is the crime rate in Gates County?p. 2
- Can I use a USDA loan or NCHFA down payment help here?p. 3
What is the property tax rate in Gates County?
Gates County's tax rate for fiscal year 2026-27 is $0.67 per $100 of assessed value, the same rate as 2025-26. Inside the Town of Gatesville a town tax is added, which NCDOR's latest town table lists at $0.14 for 2025-26; the county Tax Department bills it and can confirm the 2026-27 rate at (252) 357-1360.
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Thinking about Gates County? Straight answers to the questions buyers ask most.
Taxes, home prices, building on land, water and sewer, commuting to Virginia and USDA loans. Sourced and dated. Free 3-page PDF.
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Where is Gates County, and do people commute to Virginia?
Gates County is in northeastern North Carolina on the Virginia line, bordering the City of Suffolk and Southampton County; Gatesville is the county seat, and the 2020 Census counted 10,478 residents. It is an outlying county of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area, and 51.4% of working residents work outside North Carolina (Census ACS 2020-2024).
In the Census Bureau's 2016-2020 commuting flows, Suffolk employed 1,369 Gates County residents, more than the 1,264 who worked in Gates County. The average one-way commute is 41.7 minutes.
Sources: www2.census.gov, gatescountync.gov, data.census.gov, census.gov. Checked October 25, 2026.
Inside the field guide
30 sources, checked October 25, 2026.
- What is the property tax rate in Gates County?
- Where is Gates County, and do people commute to Virginia?
- How much do homes cost in Gates County?
- Can I build a house on land I buy in Gates County?
- Does Gates County have public water and sewer?
- What schools serve Gates County?
- Is there a hospital in Gates County?
- What is there to do in Gates County?
- What is the crime rate in Gates County?
- Can I use a USDA loan or NCHFA down payment help here?
Travis Old, Horizon Realty Group
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