Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Gaston is worth considering.
One downside of living in Gaston is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Gaston, the average commute to work is 30.35 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Gaston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Gaston, just 11.30% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Gaston in 2022 was $29,722, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,888 for a family of four. However, Gaston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gaston is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gaston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gaston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gaston also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.53% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gaston include English, German, Irish, African, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Gaston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
