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Census Tract 321, Gaston, NC

2,742 Population
1.7 square miles 1,579.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±11.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Gastonia: 36.5 ±1
  • 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

$24,084 ±$4,045 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gastonia: $35,174 ±$1,615
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$34,952 ±$9,372 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Gastonia: $64,059 ±$3,551
  • about half the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

24.6% ±19.6% (602  ±500) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gastonia: 16.3% † 13,212 (±1.8% / ±1,487)
  • nearly double 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)

21.8 minutes ±4.8 (23,185  ±8,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gastonia: 26.8 922,835 (±0.8 / ±43,614)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 27 2,604,750 (±0.6 / ±70,928)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,180 ±176 Number of households
  • Gastonia: 32,378 ±588
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.4 (2,442  ±578) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gastonia: 2.5 81,353 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,347 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Gastonia: 35,337 ±538
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$184,500 ±$23,383 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gastonia: $277,600 ±$8,325
  • 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

5.8% ±3.5% (159  ±101.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Gastonia: 11.7% † 9,552 (±1.5% / ±1,224.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

87% ±13.7% (1,576  ±350.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gastonia: 88.7% 49,102 (±2.8% / ±1,694.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Gaston County: 88.3% 144,379 (±1.6% / ±2,602.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
12.3% ±5.6% (222  ±107.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Gastonia: 26.6% 14,704 (±1.5% / ±849.8)
  • about half the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about one-third 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

2.6% ±2.8% (71  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Gastonia: 8.6% † 7,085 (±1.2% / ±996)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.3% ±3.5% (207  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gastonia: 6.4% † 4,015 (±0.7% / ±433)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
207 Total veterans ±83 207 Male ±83 N/A Female ±14

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