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Census Tract 306.02, Gaston, NC

2,731 Population
7.5 square miles 364.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±15.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cherryville: 38 ±2.1
  • 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

$23,113 ±$4,502 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherryville: $29,722 ±$2,332
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$33,750 ±$9,231 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Cherryville: $70,625 † ±$12,400
  • about half the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

28.1% ±15.5% (737  ±439) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Cherryville: 12.4% † 749 (±5.9% / ±354)
  • more than double the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.8 minutes ±15.7 (22,395  ±8,756) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherryville: 27.8 68,695 (±2.4 / ±10,083)
  • 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

1,077 ±223 Number of households
  • Cherryville: 2,316 ±178
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (2,624  ±594) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cherryville: 2.6 6,011 (±0.2 / ±20)
  • 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

2.2% ±3.3% (13  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherryville: 1.6% † 23 (±1.8% / ±27)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,171 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Cherryville: 2,626 ±205
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$198,300 ±$47,808 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherryville: $232,100 † ±$27,000
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gaston County: $266,000 ±$5,555
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.7% ±1.9% (127  ±59.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherryville: 8% † 496 (±2.8% / ±174)
  • about half the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

83.6% ±8.7% (1,507  ±297.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cherryville: 87.6% † 3,621 (±8.9% / ±412)
  • 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)
15.3% ±6.7% (276  ±129) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherryville: 24.8% † 1,025 (±5.3% / ±225.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.7% ±0.9% (19  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherryville: 0.9% † 58 (±1% / ±59)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3.8% ±2% (82  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherryville: 4.9% † 226 (±1.7% / ±80)
  • 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)
82 Total veterans ±46 82 Male ±46 N/A Female ±14

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