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Census Tract 327.03, Gaston, NC

2,497 Population
1 square miles 2,508.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gastonia: 36.5 ±1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gaston County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$37,523 ±$10,416 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gastonia: $35,174 ±$1,615
  • about the same as the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$51,569 ±$11,241 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gastonia: $64,059 ±$3,551
  • 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

23.5% ±6.5% (574  ±191) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gastonia: 16.3% † 13,212 (±1.8% / ±1,487)
  • 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)

24.9 minutes ±10.2 (26,595  ±7,149) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gastonia: 26.8 922,835 (±0.8 / ±43,614)
  • 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

1,009 ±189 Number of households
  • Gastonia: 32,378 ±588
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (2,462  ±493) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Gastonia: 2.5 81,353 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • 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

7.4% ±7.1% (46  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gastonia: 6.9% † 1,396 (±1.7% / ±338)
  • about 1.3 times 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

1,114 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Gastonia: 35,337 ±538
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$224,300 ±$32,724 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gastonia: $277,600 ±$8,325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gaston County: $266,000 ±$5,555
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.8% ±6.5% (285  ±167) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Gastonia: 11.7% † 9,552 (±1.5% / ±1,224.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 10.2% 23,678 (±0.8% / ±1,832)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87.9% ±11.6% (1,419  ±289.3) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
23.3% ±4.4% (376  ±91.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gastonia: 26.6% 14,704 (±1.5% / ±849.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.8% ±2.4% (70  ±61) 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-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.7% ±2.3% (88  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gastonia: 6.4% † 4,015 (±0.7% / ±433)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
88 Total veterans ±46 62 Male ±37 26 Female ±32

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