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Census Tract 312.02, Gaston, NC

2,213 Population
2.2 square miles 1,020.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Belmont: 39.4 ±1.7
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,497 ±$5,579 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Belmont: $59,413 † ±$6,036
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$46,680 ±$11,795 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Belmont: $94,883 † ±$14,568
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

13.4% ±10.5% (210  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Belmont: 7.9% † 1,175 (±2.6% / ±382)
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.1 minutes ±5.3 (19,790  ±5,749) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Belmont: 26.5 155,120 (±1.3 / ±18,127)
  • 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

853 ±169 Number of households
  • Belmont: 6,387 ±341
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
1.8 ±0.1 (1,552  ±310) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Belmont: 2.3 14,734 (±0.1 / ±59)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

10.1% ±13.3% (84  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Belmont: 4.8% † 175 (±2.6% / ±98)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

911 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Belmont: 6,726 ±352
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$229,900 ±$47,611 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Belmont: $395,000 ±$28,597
  • 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

19.8% ±6.2% (438  ±150.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Belmont: 13.7% † 2,115 (±3.5% / ±538.1)
  • 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

92.5% ±12.4% (1,139  ±251.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Belmont: 94.2% 10,460 (±6% / ±743.6)
  • a little 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)
33.1% ±12.2% (408  ±166.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Belmont: 51.1% 5,679 (±4.2% / ±501.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about 90 percent 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

4.5% ±3.7% (100  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Belmont: 6% † 931 (±1.7% / ±258)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

2.2% ±1.4% (41  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Belmont: 8.1% † 998 (±2% / ±252)
  • about one-third of the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
41 Total veterans ±27 41 Male ±27 N/A Female ±14

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