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Census Tract 303.02, Gaston, NC

2,092 Population
9.8 square miles 214.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dallas: 40.9 ±3.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$37,037 ±$6,271 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dallas: $34,205 † ±$4,461
  • about the same as the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$49,657 ±$19,788 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dallas: $58,403 † ±$6,867
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

15% ±5.9% (314  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dallas: 10.5% † 639 (±4.8% / ±292)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.6 minutes ±3.6 (28,200  ±8,518) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dallas: 24.5 † 81,500 (±2.9 / ±11,895)
  • 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

1,080 ±145 Number of households
  • Dallas: 2,401 † ±286
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
1.9 ±0.4 (2,086  ±280) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dallas: 2.5 † 6,104 (±0.3 / ±27)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.8% ±5% (22  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dallas: 10% † 189 (±6.7% / ±130)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,178 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Dallas: 2,596 † ±322
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$233,600 ±$105,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dallas: $254,000 † ±$50,154
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $266,000 ±$5,555
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

19.3% ±9.1% (400  ±195.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dallas: 10.9% † 657 (±4% / ±240.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.2% ±11.9% (1,388  ±267.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dallas: 83.7% † 3,543 (±12.2% / ±581.9)
  • a little less than 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)
17.9% ±7.9% (291  ±133.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dallas: 21.2% † 899 (±5.8% / ±253.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about half 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

2.7% ±4.1% (57  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Dallas: 7.5% † 459 (±4.6% / ±278)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.1% ±4.6% (159  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dallas: 6.5% † 323 (±3% / ±148)
  • 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)
159 Total veterans ±84 140 Male ±66 19 Female ±29

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