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Gastonia, NC

85,528 Population
53.1 square miles 1,611.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$34,519 ±$2,964 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $48,105 ±$842
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
$67,005 ±$4,736 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $85,938 ±$1,325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863

17.1% ±4.6% (14,369  ±3,850) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.3% 291,615 (±0.6% / ±17,302)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)

26.8 minutes ±0.8 (922,835  ±43,614) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.6 29,173,704 (±0.2 / ±290,543)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

32,437 ±2,203 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,128,197 ±6,602
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
2.6 ±0.2 (83,840  ±43) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.5 2,844,437 (±0 / ±402)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395

5.4% ±2.5% (1,210  ±572) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 4.9% † 35,028 (±0.6% / ±4,155)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)

Housing

36,671 ±2,045 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,219,456 ±1,021
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767

$317,500 ±$18,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $400,400 ±$4,299
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908

17.6% ±4.7% (14,884  ±3,974.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 12.1% 343,583 (±0.6% / ±16,595.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)

Social

87.7% ±5.4% (49,933  ±3,878) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 91.1% 1,804,807 (±1.2% / ±23,715.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
25.1% ±3.1% (14,271  ±1,901.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 41.5% 822,767 (±0.7% / ±14,513.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)

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

14% ±4% (11,977  ±3,416) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 12.9% 372,184
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166

6% ±1.6% (3,905  ±1,063) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.6% 125,356 (±0.3% / ±5,980)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
3,905 Total veterans ±1,063 3,003 Male ±848 902 Female ±681

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