Gaston vs Seaboard

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

Gaston and Seaboard 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 624 in Seaboard). Gaston has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $19,746 in Seaboard). Seaboard has the higher median home value ($80,200 vs $76,300 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Gaston	Seaboard
Population	864	624
Median age	39.4 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$19,746
Median home value	$76,300	$80,200
Median gross rent	$688	$336
Housing units	507	407
Homeownership rate	41.8%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaston	Seaboard
Population	1,358 → 864 (-36.4%)	723 → 624 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$32,098 → $41,250 (+28.5%)	$31,932 → $19,746 (-38.2%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $76,300 (+23.1%)	$64,800 → $80,200 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $688 (-19.3%)	$780 → $336 (-56.9%)

Gaston

Population

1,358864

Median household income

$32,098$41,250

Median home value

$62,000$76,300

Median gross rent

$853$688

Seaboard

Population

723624

Median household income

$31,932$19,746

Median home value

$64,800$80,200

Median gross rent

$780$336

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaston	Seaboard
Under 5	4.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	24.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	20.7%
75 and over	6.7%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaston	Seaboard
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	11.7%
Black or African American	60.5%	84.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaston	Seaboard
No high school diploma	19.3%	24.4%
High school graduate	42.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaston	Seaboard
Drove alone	75.6%	89.9%
Carpooled	17.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	5.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaston	Seaboard
1-unit, detached	50.7%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Gaston	Seaboard
Poverty rate	22.6%	32.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1975	1968