Belmont vs Gastonia

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont and Gastonia: population, income, housing, and more.

Belmont and Gastonia are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gastonia has the higher population (81,632 vs 15,140 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($86,442 vs $60,554 in Gastonia). Belmont has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $250,000 in Gastonia).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Gastonia
Population	15,140	81,632
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,442	$60,554
Median home value	$349,700	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,274	$1,145
Housing units	6,505	34,721
Homeownership rate	65.9%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Gastonia
Population	12,054 → 15,140 (+25.6%)	75,887 → 81,632 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$71,650 → $86,442 (+20.6%)	$49,460 → $60,554 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$210,600 → $349,700 (+66.0%)	$155,200 → $250,000 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,013 → $1,274 (+25.8%)	$879 → $1,145 (+30.3%)

Belmont

Population

12,05415,140

Median household income

$71,650$86,442

Median home value

$210,600$349,700

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,274

Gastonia

Population

75,88781,632

Median household income

$49,460$60,554

Median home value

$155,200$250,000

Median gross rent

$879$1,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Gastonia
Under 5	4.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.0%
75 and over	5.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Gastonia
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	51.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Gastonia
No high school diploma	7.8%	11.6%
High school graduate	18.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Gastonia
Drove alone	70.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	9.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Gastonia
1-unit, detached	70.5%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	13.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Gastonia
Poverty rate	10.1%	14.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1998	1979