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Census Tract 302.06, Gaston, NC

2,506 Population
3.7 square miles 669.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±4.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mount Holly: 39 ±1.9
  • about the same as the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,363 ±$4,729 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mount Holly: $42,722 ±$3,285
  • about the same as the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$82,614 ±$32,804 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mount Holly: $79,385 ±$5,630
  • about 25 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

10.1% ±6.5% (252  ±166) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mount Holly: 8.2% † 1,491 (±2.6% / ±466)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.9 minutes ±8.8 (27,155  ±5,498) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mount Holly: 27.5 211,265 (±2.1 / ±22,471)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 27 2,604,750 (±0.6 / ±70,928)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

879 ±117 Number of households
  • Mount Holly: 7,307 ±372
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.9 ±0.2 (2,506  ±369) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mount Holly: 2.5 18,164 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.4% ±4.6% (26  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Mount Holly: 4.7% † 225 (±2.9% / ±143)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

879 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Mount Holly: 7,598 ±357
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$324,000 ±$35,146 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Mount Holly: $337,800 ±$19,371
  • 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

2.3% ±2.8% (58  ±69.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mount Holly: 9.9% † 1,779 (±2.4% / ±424.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

93.7% ±5.8% (1,448  ±218.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mount Holly: 91.7% 11,727 (±4.1% / ±691.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaston County: 88.3% 144,379 (±1.6% / ±2,602.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
44.5% ±8% (688  ±155.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mount Holly: 36.7% 4,692 (±2.9% / ±417.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

4.4% ±3.1% (109  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mount Holly: 5.8% † 1,057 (±2.1% / ±384)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.4% ±3.8% (160  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mount Holly: 6.6% † 912 (±1.4% / ±191)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
160 Total veterans ±68 110 Male ±56 50 Female ±35

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