It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gaston has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gaston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gaston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gaston may be for you.
Gaston is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Gaston, just 9.21% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Gaston in 2022 was $26,712, 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 $106,848 for a family of four. However, Gaston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gaston is an extremely 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 13.77% 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 Italian.
