Gaston vs Yorktown

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

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

Yorktown has the higher population (11,617 vs 709 in Gaston). Yorktown has the higher median household income ($81,765 vs $49,417 in Gaston). Yorktown has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $87,300 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Gaston	Yorktown
Population	709	11,617
Median age	36.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,417	$81,765
Median home value	$87,300	$182,000
Median gross rent	$819	$863
Housing units	305	4,942
Homeownership rate	74.4%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaston	Yorktown
Population	875 → 709 (-19.0%)	11,143 → 11,617 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$45,357 → $49,417 (+9.0%)	$65,395 → $81,765 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $87,300 (+49.0%)	$141,900 → $182,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $819 (+9.2%)	$778 → $863 (+10.9%)

Gaston

Population

875709

Median household income

$45,357$49,417

Median home value

$58,600$87,300

Median gross rent

$750$819

Yorktown

Population

11,14311,617

Median household income

$65,395$81,765

Median home value

$141,900$182,000

Median gross rent

$778$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaston	Yorktown
Under 5	5.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.6%
75 and over	6.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaston	Yorktown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaston	Yorktown
No high school diploma	10.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	44.7%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaston	Yorktown
Drove alone	70.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	13.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaston	Yorktown
1-unit, detached	75.7%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Gaston	Yorktown
Poverty rate	15.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1964	1973