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Riverbend township, Gaston County, NC

30,648 Population
56.3 square miles 544.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.5 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

$39,598 ±$2,229 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $35,557 ±$821
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$72,656 ±$4,985 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $65,472 ±$1,905
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

9.9% ±2.1% (3,016  ±653) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent 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)

27.3 minutes ±1.4 (336,320  ±28,045) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Gaston County: 26.4 2,555,750 (±0.4 / ±60,377)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

12,228 ±546 Number of households
  • Gaston County: 92,287 ±692
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.2 (30,484  ±1,193) 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

5.3% ±1.4% (373  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,026 (±0.8% / ±432)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

12,954 ±518 Number of housing units
  • Gaston County: 100,109 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$254,100 ±$10,739 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $235,000 ±$4,463
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.4% ±2.7% (3,762  ±835.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 11.1% 25,406 (±0.9% / ±1,978.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

89% ±1.8% (19,459  ±959.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
29.3% ±1.8% (6,418  ±486.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 26% 41,791 (±0.9% / ±1,394.6)
  • about 80 percent of 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% ±1.5% (1,484  ±476) 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

7.5% ±1% (1,783  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaston County: 7.1% 12,778 (±0.4% / ±778)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,783 Total veterans ±243 1,566 Male ±228 217 Female ±101

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