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Census Tract 316, Gaston, NC

4,036 Population
8.8 square miles 459.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±6.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Bessemer City: 34.3 † ±5.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,928 ±$4,182 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Bessemer City: $28,527 † ±$3,098
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$48,000 ±$8,479 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bessemer City: $60,300 † ±$13,103
  • 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

23.9% ±7.8% (966  ±341) 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)

25.9 minutes ±3.4 (43,650  ±12,764) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,524 ±159 Number of households
  • Bessemer City: 2,082 † ±216
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.7 ±0.3 (4,031  ±563) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bessemer City: 2.7 † 5,554 (±0.3 / ±23)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

2.7% ±2% (29  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Bessemer City: 5.6% † 80 (±5.2% / ±75)
  • about half the rate in Gaston County: 5.6% † 3,113 (±0.8% / ±466)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,648 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Bessemer City: 2,390 † ±268
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$186,800 ±$13,858 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 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 two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.9% ±2.7% (195  ±112.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Bessemer City: 9.3% † 512 (±4.1% / ±223.7)
  • 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

83.8% ±5% (2,276  ±386.5) 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)
15.6% ±5.5% (423  ±164.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bessemer City: 16.1% † 620 (±4.8% / ±189.9)
  • 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

3.4% ±2.6% (137  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bessemer City: 5.4% † 300 (±2.6% / ±146)
  • about half the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3% ±2.4% (97  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bessemer City: 7.9% † 341 (±3% / ±132)
  • about half the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
97 Total veterans ±79 97 Male ±79 N/A Female ±14

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