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Census Tract 313.04, Gaston, NC

3,301 Population
2.4 square miles 1,383.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lowell: 41.3 † ±6.6
  • 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

$39,704 ±$9,581 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lowell: $39,931 † ±$8,182
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$50,635 ±$13,451 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Lowell: $52,500 † ±$14,253
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18% ±11.2% (592  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Lowell: 17.4% † 650 (±10.1% / ±376)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.7 minutes ±1.5 (26,300  ±7,190) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lowell: 22.1 † 29,470 (±2.6 / ±7,583)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 27 2,604,750 (±0.6 / ±70,928)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,507 ±293 Number of households
  • Lowell: 1,780 † ±255
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.5 (3,301  ±299) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lowell: 2.1 † 3,749 (±0.3 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

7% ±5.2% (59  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lowell: 6.8% † 61 (±5% / ±46)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,523 ±292 Number of housing units
  • Lowell: 1,899 † ±259
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$219,600 ±$101,726 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lowell: $200,600 † ±$76,219
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $266,000 ±$5,555
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.7% ±5.2% (216  ±170.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lowell: 6.3% † 232 (±4.7% / ±174)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.9% ±13% (2,063  ±402.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lowell: 89.1% † 2,485 (±13.4% / ±421.1)
  • 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)
22.6% ±6.2% (524  ±158.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lowell: 23% † 640 (±6.2% / ±178.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about three-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

6.4% ±3.7% (210  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Lowell: 6.8% † 255 (±3.9% / ±146)
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.5% ±3.6% (162  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lowell: 5.5% † 163 (±2.8% / ±84)
  • 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)
162 Total veterans ±91 162 Male ±91 N/A Female ±14

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