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Census Tract 329, Gaston, NC

3,644 Population
1.1 square miles 3,350.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±5.7 Median age
  • about the same as 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

$35,617 ±$15,904 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Gastonia: $35,174 ±$1,615
  • a little less than the amount in Gaston County: $37,058 ±$808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$69,420 ±$21,384 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gastonia: $64,059 ±$3,551
  • a little higher than the amount in Gaston County: $67,478 ±$1,710
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

21.7% ±8.8% (790  ±357) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gastonia: 16.3% † 13,212 (±1.8% / ±1,487)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 13.5% 31,272 (±1.1% / ±2,584)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.3 minutes ±3.8 (37,930  ±11,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gastonia: 26.8 922,835 (±0.8 / ±43,614)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 27 2,604,750 (±0.6 / ±70,928)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,289 ±164 Number of households
  • Gastonia: 32,378 ±588
  • Gaston County: 93,576 ±663
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.8 ±0.5 (3,629  ±738) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gastonia: 2.5 81,353 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaston County: 2.5 231,727 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

7.1% ±5.3% (56  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Gastonia: 6.9% † 1,396 (±1.7% / ±338)
  • 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

1,683 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Gastonia: 35,337 ±538
  • Gaston County: 101,671 ±139
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$238,200 ±$101,487 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gastonia: $277,600 ±$8,325
  • 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

12.1% ±7.1% (432  ±268) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than 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)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.8% ±4.8% (1,894  ±317.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Gastonia: 88.7% 49,102 (±2.8% / ±1,694.3)
  • a little less than 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)
27.2% ±6.8% (601  ±176.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gastonia: 26.6% 14,704 (±1.5% / ±849.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaston County: 26.5% 43,317 (±0.8% / ±1,319.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

10.6% ±10.6% (385  ±393) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gastonia: 8.6% † 7,085 (±1.2% / ±996)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gaston County: 6.4% 14,951
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.9% ±2.2% (196  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gastonia: 6.4% † 4,015 (±0.7% / ±433)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gaston County: 6.7% 12,211 (±0.3% / ±596)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
196 Total veterans ±65 178 Male ±59 18 Female ±28

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