Banks vs Gaston

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

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

Banks has the higher population (2,092 vs 683 in Gaston). Gaston has the higher median household income ($117,188 vs $84,651 in Banks). Gaston has the higher median home value ($432,300 vs $430,200 in Banks).

Population, income & housing

	Banks	Gaston
Population	2,092	683
Median age	34.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,651	$117,188
Median home value	$430,200	$432,300
Median gross rent	$1,634	$1,536
Housing units	823	277
Homeownership rate	76.9%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banks	Gaston
Population	1,812 → 2,092 (+15.5%)	510 → 683 (+33.9%)
Median household income	$106,250 → $84,651 (-20.3%)	$58,750 → $117,188 (+99.5%)
Median home value	$300,900 → $430,200 (+43.0%)	$237,000 → $432,300 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,239 → $1,634 (+31.9%)	$792 → $1,536 (+93.9%)

Banks

Population

1,8122,092

Median household income

$106,250$84,651

Median home value

$300,900$430,200

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,634

Gaston

Population

510683

Median household income

$58,750$117,188

Median home value

$237,000$432,300

Median gross rent

$792$1,536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banks	Gaston
Under 5	9.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.7%	20.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.1%
75 and over	2.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banks	Gaston
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	1.6%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banks	Gaston
No high school diploma	3.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	24.9%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banks	Gaston
Drove alone	73.9%	86.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.9%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banks	Gaston
1-unit, detached	76.1%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Banks	Gaston
Poverty rate	8.5%	12.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1994	1974