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South Point township, Gaston County, NC

49,366 Population
57.9 square miles 852.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Gaston County: 39.5 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$45,956 ±$2,550 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Gaston County: $35,557 ±$821
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$79,005 ±$5,347 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $65,472 ±$1,905
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

9.8% ±1.6% (4,764  ±788) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gaston County: 12.8% 29,054 (±0.9% / ±2,062)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.6 minutes ±0.9 (562,925  ±32,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Gaston County: 26.4 2,555,750 (±0.4 / ±60,377)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

20,700 ±798 Number of households
  • Gaston County: 92,287 ±692
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.1 (48,504  ±1,393) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 228,355 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.7% ±1.5% (673  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,026 (±0.8% / ±432)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

22,029 ±732 Number of housing units
  • Gaston County: 100,109 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$288,100 ±$9,611 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $235,000 ±$4,463
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.8% ±1.6% (5,294  ±806.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 11.1% 25,406 (±0.9% / ±1,978.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.7% ±2.2% (32,655  ±1,281.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaston County: 88.1% 141,704 (±1.7% / ±2,686)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
36.7% ±1.9% (13,073  ±791.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gaston County: 26% 41,791 (±0.9% / ±1,394.6)
  • a little higher than 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

4.8% ±0.9% (2,354  ±442) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 5.7% 13,219
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.3% ±1% (2,860  ±393) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaston County: 7.1% 12,778 (±0.4% / ±778)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,860 Total veterans ±393 2,686 Male ±361 174 Female ±82

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