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Gastonia township, Gaston County, NC

94,953 Population
70.4 square miles 1,348.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,460 ±$1,423 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,795 ±$2,490 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.3% ±1.9% (16,092  ±1,778) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,009,430  ±49,125) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Gaston County: 27 2,604,750 (±0.6 / ±70,928)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

37,072 ±823 Number of households
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (93,402  ±1,558) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±1.4% (1,277  ±318) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as 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

40,369 ±729 Number of housing units
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$251,000 ±$9,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Gaston County: $266,000 ±$5,555
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±1.4% (10,731  ±1,353.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.6% ±2.3% (55,928  ±1,839.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 88.3% 144,379 (±1.6% / ±2,602.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.3% ±1.3% (14,887  ±877.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds of 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

8.7% ±1.1% (8,265  ±1,078) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±0.7% (4,895  ±520) 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)
4,895 Total veterans ±520 4,495 Male ±518 400 Female ±156

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