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Census Tract 305.03, Gaston, NC

2,278 Population
9.7 square miles 235.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±13.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Bessemer City: 34.3 † ±5.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$23,796 ±$5,376 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bessemer City: $28,527 † ±$3,098
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$42,083 ±$28,805 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bessemer City: $60,300 † ±$13,103
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

24.1% ±10% (543  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bessemer City: 16.4% † 915 (±5.8% / ±321)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.7 minutes ±9.9 (16,510  ±3,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bessemer City: 27.6 † 65,075 (±3.4 / ±11,656)
  • a little less than 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

929 ±370 Number of households
  • Bessemer City: 2,082 † ±216
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±1.3 (2,278  ±733) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bessemer City: 2.7 † 5,554 (±0.3 / ±23)
  • 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

8.5% ±8.9% (30  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bessemer City: 5.6% † 80 (±5.2% / ±75)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,206 ±359 Number of housing units
  • Bessemer City: 2,390 † ±268
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$267,600 ±$147,297 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bessemer City: $206,100 † ±$21,456
  • about the same as the amount in Gaston County: $266,000 ±$5,555
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.3% ±5.5% (187  ±137.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bessemer City: 9.3% † 512 (±4.1% / ±223.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

82.8% ±45% (1,368  ±491.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bessemer City: 83% † 3,191 (±8.6% / ±389.5)
  • 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)
9.9% ±1.2% (164  ±69.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bessemer City: 16.1% † 620 (±4.8% / ±189.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

1.9% ±1.8% (43  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Bessemer City: 5.4% † 300 (±2.6% / ±146)
  • about one-third of the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.6% ±1.9% (118  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bessemer City: 7.9% † 341 (±3% / ±132)
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
118 Total veterans ±57 112 Male ±52 6 Female ±12

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