Garysburg vs Gaston

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

Garysburg 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 636 in Garysburg). Gaston has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $37,500 in Garysburg). Garysburg has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $76,300 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Garysburg	Gaston
Population	636	864
Median age	54.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$41,250
Median home value	$106,600	$76,300
Median gross rent	$883	$688
Housing units	512	507
Homeownership rate	64.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garysburg	Gaston
Population	880 → 636 (-27.7%)	1,358 → 864 (-36.4%)
Median household income	$28,421 → $37,500 (+31.9%)	$32,098 → $41,250 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $106,600 (+44.1%)	$62,000 → $76,300 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $883 (+4.6%)	$853 → $688 (-19.3%)

Garysburg

Population

880636

Median household income

$28,421$37,500

Median home value

$74,000$106,600

Median gross rent

$844$883

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)

	Garysburg	Gaston
Under 5	1.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	24.1%
25 to 34	4.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	4.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	21.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	25.2%	13.0%
75 and over	7.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garysburg	Gaston
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	31.6%
Black or African American	97.2%	60.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garysburg	Gaston
No high school diploma	20.8%	19.3%
High school graduate	25.3%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garysburg	Gaston
Drove alone	90.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.1%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garysburg	Gaston
1-unit, detached	72.3%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Garysburg	Gaston
Poverty rate	16.7%	22.6%
Average household size	1.80	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1970	1975