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Census Tract 304.04, Gaston, NC

2,586 Population
6.3 square miles 409.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dallas: 40.9 ±3.5
  • 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

$31,982 ±$4,560 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dallas: $34,205 † ±$4,461
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$67,313 ±$12,773 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dallas: $58,403 † ±$6,867
  • about the same as the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

11.2% ±11.8% (262  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dallas: 10.5% † 639 (±4.8% / ±292)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

35.2 minutes ±6.2 (35,475  ±9,853) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Dallas: 24.5 † 81,500 (±2.9 / ±11,895)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Gaston County: 27 2,604,750 (±0.6 / ±70,928)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

985 ±151 Number of households
  • Dallas: 2,401 † ±286
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.5 (2,355  ±343) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dallas: 2.5 † 6,104 (±0.3 / ±27)
  • a little less than 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

6.6% ±7.2% (45  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dallas: 10% † 189 (±6.7% / ±130)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,042 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Dallas: 2,596 † ±322
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$308,400 ±$28,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dallas: $254,000 † ±$50,154
  • about 20 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

14% ±8.2% (362  ±217.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dallas: 10.9% † 657 (±4% / ±240.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.4% ±6.1% (1,747  ±277.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dallas: 83.7% † 3,543 (±12.2% / ±581.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 88.3% 144,379 (±1.6% / ±2,602.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18.7% ±6.2% (362  ±131.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 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

10.2% ±10.9% (264  ±285) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dallas: 7.5% † 459 (±4.6% / ±278)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3.8% ±1.6% (78  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dallas: 6.5% † 323 (±3% / ±148)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
78 Total veterans ±35 78 Male ±35 N/A Female ±14

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