Conway vs Gaston

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

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

Gaston has the higher population (864 vs 730 in Conway). Gaston has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $40,089 in Conway). Conway has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $76,300 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Gaston
Population	730	864
Median age	34.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$41,250
Median home value	$110,200	$76,300
Median gross rent	$504	$688
Housing units	371	507
Homeownership rate	53.4%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Gaston
Population	745 → 730 (-2.0%)	1,358 → 864 (-36.4%)
Median household income	$44,286 → $40,089 (-9.5%)	$32,098 → $41,250 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $110,200 (+11.2%)	$62,000 → $76,300 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$353 → $504 (+42.8%)	$853 → $688 (-19.3%)

Conway

Population

745730

Median household income

$44,286$40,089

Median home value

$99,100$110,200

Median gross rent

$353$504

Gaston

Population

1,358864

Median household income

$32,098$41,250

Median home value

$62,000$76,300

Median gross rent

$853$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Gaston
Under 5	9.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	24.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.0%
75 and over	5.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Gaston
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	31.6%
Black or African American	54.0%	60.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Gaston
No high school diploma	11.8%	19.3%
High school graduate	42.8%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Gaston
Drove alone	71.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	0.0%
Other means	8.3%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Gaston
1-unit, detached	57.4%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Gaston
Poverty rate	30.9%	22.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1971	1975