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South Point township, Gaston County, NC

49,874 Population
57.9 square miles 861.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,989 ±$2,739 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,403 ±$3,526 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±2.1% (4,500  ±1,049) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±1.1 (566,340  ±39,179) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Gaston County: 27 2,604,750 (±0.6 / ±70,928)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,190 ±713 Number of households
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (48,980  ±1,449) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±1.9% (675  ±219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

22,729 ±680 Number of housing units
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$328,300 ±$16,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $266,000 ±$5,555
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±1.5% (5,029  ±733.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±2.6% (33,118  ±1,306.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaston County: 88.3% 144,379 (±1.6% / ±2,602.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.9% ±1.9% (14,315  ±796.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.1% ±0.9% (3,059  ±473) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±0.9% (2,626  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,626 Total veterans ±362 2,541 Male ±357 85 Female ±53

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