Gaston vs Royerton

A side-by-side comparison of Gaston and Royerton: population, income, housing, and more.

Gaston and Royerton are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gaston has the higher population (709 vs 327 in Royerton). Royerton has the higher median household income ($130,217 vs $49,417 in Gaston). Royerton has the higher median home value ($110,700 vs $87,300 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Gaston	Royerton
Population	709	327
Median age	36.2 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,417	$130,217
Median home value	$87,300	$110,700
Median gross rent	$819	—
Housing units	305	124
Homeownership rate	74.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaston	Royerton
Population	875 → 709 (-19.0%)	174 → 327 (+87.9%)
Median household income	$45,357 → $49,417 (+9.0%)	—
Median home value	$58,600 → $87,300 (+49.0%)	$156,900 → $110,700 (-29.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $819 (+9.2%)	—

Gaston

Population

875709

Median household income

$45,357$49,417

Median home value

$58,600$87,300

Median gross rent

$750$819

Royerton

Population

174327

Median home value

$156,900$110,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaston	Royerton
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	6.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	36.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	31.5%
75 and over	6.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaston	Royerton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaston	Royerton
No high school diploma	10.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	44.7%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaston	Royerton
Drove alone	70.4%	84.4%
Carpooled	13.4%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaston	Royerton
1-unit, detached	75.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gaston	Royerton
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1964	1961