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Gastonia, NC

83,949 Population
53.1 square miles 1,581.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$35,365 ±$4,148 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $45,768 ±$713
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$63,597 ±$5,489 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $81,262 ±$1,347
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

17.6% ±3.7% (14,556  ±3,036) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.7% 296,565 (±0.6% / ±17,340)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

25.7 minutes ±0.5 (887,620  ±33,348) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.8 29,857,410 (±0.2 / ±290,648)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

33,496 ±1,642 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,103,360 ±6,347
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.5 ±0.1 (82,090  ±72) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.5 2,768,301 (±0 / ±1,063)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,553,524 (±,126.5 / ±-555,555,600)

9.5% ±4% (1,988  ±842) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5% † 34,673 (±0.5% / ±3,648)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

34,876 ±1,695 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,190,505 ±873
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$293,500 ±$16,891 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $381,200 ±$4,907
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

11.3% ±3.3% (9,309  ±2,735.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 12.4% 345,378 (±0.7% / ±19,035.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

90.8% ±5.5% (50,902  ±3,707.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 91.1% 1,752,232 (±1.2% / ±23,757)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
29.6% ±3.1% (16,572  ±1,871.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 41.3% 794,722 (±0.8% / ±14,769.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.2% ±2.4% (6,869  ±2,050) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.7% † 329,321 (±2,325.1% / ±11,408)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% † 995,127 (±,470.9% / ±22,367)

7.6% ±1.9% (4,806  ±1,210) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.9% 127,338 (±0.3% / ±5,511)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
4,806 Total veterans ±1,210 4,307 Male ±1,149 499 Female ±316

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