Cherryville vs Gastonia

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

Cherryville 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 6,154 in Cherryville). Gastonia has the higher median household income ($60,554 vs $58,701 in Cherryville). Gastonia has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $198,000 in Cherryville).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryville	Gastonia
Population	6,154	81,632
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,701	$60,554
Median home value	$198,000	$250,000
Median gross rent	$948	$1,145
Housing units	2,715	34,721
Homeownership rate	67.7%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryville	Gastonia
Population	5,956 → 6,154 (+3.3%)	75,887 → 81,632 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$43,977 → $58,701 (+33.5%)	$49,460 → $60,554 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $198,000 (+57.6%)	$155,200 → $250,000 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $948 (+25.7%)	$879 → $1,145 (+30.3%)

Cherryville

Population

5,9566,154

Median household income

$43,977$58,701

Median home value

$125,600$198,000

Median gross rent

$754$948

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)

	Cherryville	Gastonia
Under 5	4.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.0%
75 and over	7.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryville	Gastonia
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	51.7%
Black or African American	5.7%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryville	Gastonia
No high school diploma	8.8%	11.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryville	Gastonia
Drove alone	82.9%	77.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	9.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryville	Gastonia
1-unit, detached	84.9%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	13.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Cherryville	Gastonia
Poverty rate	15.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1970	1979