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Census Tract 308.01, Gaston, NC

1,618 Population
6.5 square miles 249.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Bessemer City: 34.3 † ±5.4
  • 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

$31,275 ±$5,456 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bessemer City: $28,527 † ±$3,098
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$77,143 ±$36,900 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bessemer City: $60,300 † ±$13,103
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

7.1% ±4% (115  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bessemer City: 16.4% † 915 (±5.8% / ±321)
  • about half the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.1 minutes ±20.7 (18,765  ±8,991) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Bessemer City: 27.6 † 65,075 (±3.4 / ±11,656)
  • 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

658 ±170 Number of households
  • Bessemer City: 2,082 † ±216
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.4 (1,618  ±506) 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

5.1% ±7.2% (11  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bessemer City: 5.6% † 80 (±5.2% / ±75)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

774 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Bessemer City: 2,390 † ±268
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$170,700 ±$34,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bessemer City: $206,100 † ±$21,456
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gaston County: $266,000 ±$5,555
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

2.7% ±3.1% (44  ±52.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bessemer City: 9.3% † 512 (±4.1% / ±223.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

95.5% ±40.7% (1,205  ±346.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bessemer City: 83% † 3,191 (±8.6% / ±389.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 88.3% 144,379 (±1.6% / ±2,602.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
19.7% ±2.8% (248  ±85.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bessemer City: 16.1% † 620 (±4.8% / ±189.9)
  • about three-quarters 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% ±1.8% (33  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths 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

6.5% ±3.6% (90  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bessemer City: 7.9% † 341 (±3% / ±132)
  • a little less than 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)
90 Total veterans ±59 90 Male ±59 N/A Female ±14

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