Gaston County, NC Community Information

Total Population: 34,366
Total Male Population: 16,256
Total Female Population: 18,110
Population change since 1990: 13
Population change since 2000: NA
Median age: 37.91
Percent of households with children: 34.30%
Local sales tax: 7%
Personal crime risk: 220
Recycling likelihood index: 86

Median travel time to work: 18.9
Transportation to work:

Less than 9th Grade: 6.92%
Some high school: 11.63%
High school graduate: 26.14%
Some college: 19.18%
Associate degree: 10.90%
Bachelor's degree: 17.38%
Graduate Degree: 7.85%

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 0.29%
Mining: 0.00%
Contstruction: 2.34%
Manufacturing: 9.71%
Transportation and communications: 1.74%
Wholesale trade: 1.77%
Retail trade: 22.76%
Finance, insurance and real estate: 5.16%
Sevices: 46.71%
Public administration: 9.37%
Unclassified: 0.15%

Average household income: $57,515
Income change since 1990: 59
Income change since 2000: 21

Avg. January high/low temp: 50 / 29
Avg. July high/low temp: 89 / 69
Annual precipitation: 45
Air pollution index: 93