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Cherryville township, Gaston County, NC

16,375 Population
65 square miles 252 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,848 ±$1,717 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $35,557 ±$821
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$57,899 ±$6,521 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $65,472 ±$1,905
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.7% ±3% (2,044  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 12.8% 29,054 (±0.9% / ±2,062)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

29.7 minutes ±1 (195,160  ±20,456) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 26.4 2,555,750 (±0.4 / ±60,377)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,570 ±521 Number of households
  • Gaston County: 92,287 ±692
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.3 (16,171  ±1,019) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 228,355 (±0 / ±38)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.1% ±2.4% (172  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,026 (±0.8% / ±432)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

7,500 ±487 Number of housing units
  • Gaston County: 100,109 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$211,000 ±$15,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $235,000 ±$4,463
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10% ±3.2% (1,633  ±531.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 11.1% 25,406 (±0.9% / ±1,978.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.5% ±2.1% (10,119  ±778.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 88.1% 141,704 (±1.7% / ±2,686)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
18.5% ±2.7% (2,135  ±343.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 26% 41,791 (±0.9% / ±1,394.6)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±0.8% (217  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gaston County: 5.7% 13,219
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5% ±1% (643  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 7.1% 12,778 (±0.4% / ±778)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
643 Total veterans ±132 612 Male ±127 31 Female ±27

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