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Census Tract 303.01, Gaston, NC

2,592 Population
12.9 square miles 201.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in High Shoals: 30.5 † ±13.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$32,197 ±$3,623 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in High Shoals: $21,075 † ±$6,120
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$62,457 ±$18,292 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in High Shoals: $53,333 † ±$31,617
  • 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

13.2% ±6.1% (342  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in High Shoals: 23.2% † 124 (±24.6% / ±142)
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25 minutes ±7.7 (30,745  ±6,436) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in High Shoals: 20.2 † 3,415 (±2.4 / ±1,691)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 27 2,604,750 (±0.6 / ±70,928)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,045 ±142 Number of households
  • High Shoals: 190 † ±70
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.2 (2,592  ±397) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in High Shoals: 2.8 † 534 (±0.7 / ±234)
  • about the same as the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

11.8% ±10.5% (57  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in High Shoals: 12.7% † 20 (±11.9% / ±21)
  • more than double the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,114 ±151 Number of housing units
  • High Shoals: 233 † ±78
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$256,500 ±$28,795 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in High Shoals: $230,400 † ±$70,051
  • 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

16% ±7.5% (406  ±199.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in High Shoals: 8.1% † 43 (±10.7% / ±59.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

82.6% ±5.7% (1,584  ±245.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in High Shoals: 96.5% † 279 (±45.3% / ±91.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Gaston County: 88.3% 144,379 (±1.6% / ±2,602.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
12.7% ±4.1% (244  ±85.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in High Shoals: 10.4% † 30 (±12.1% / ±36.3)
  • about half the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about one-third of 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

6.4% ±5.6% (165  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in High Shoals: 5.8% † 31 (±7.1% / ±40)
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.2% ±5.1% (190  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in High Shoals: 1.2% † 4 (±1.1% / ±4)
  • 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)
190 Total veterans ±109 168 Male ±99 22 Female ±27

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