Dallas vs Gastonia

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

Dallas 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 6,012 in Dallas). Gastonia has the higher median household income ($60,554 vs $57,755 in Dallas). Gastonia has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $221,700 in Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Gastonia
Population	6,012	81,632
Median age	38.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,755	$60,554
Median home value	$221,700	$250,000
Median gross rent	$794	$1,145
Housing units	2,396	34,721
Homeownership rate	60.1%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Gastonia
Population	4,696 → 6,012 (+28.0%)	75,887 → 81,632 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$42,606 → $57,755 (+35.6%)	$49,460 → $60,554 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $221,700 (+64.2%)	$155,200 → $250,000 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $794 (+9.8%)	$879 → $1,145 (+30.3%)

Dallas

Population

4,6966,012

Median household income

$42,606$57,755

Median home value

$135,000$221,700

Median gross rent

$723$794

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)

	Dallas	Gastonia
Under 5	5.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	20.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.0%
75 and over	4.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Gastonia
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	51.7%
Black or African American	31.3%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Gastonia
No high school diploma	15.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Gastonia
Drove alone	84.5%	77.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	9.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Gastonia
1-unit, detached	70.5%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	13.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Gastonia
Poverty rate	8.8%	14.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1997	1979