Gastonville vs McDonald

A side-by-side comparison of Gastonville and McDonald: population, income, housing, and more.

Gastonville and McDonald are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gastonville has the higher population (2,703 vs 2,277 in McDonald). Gastonville has the higher median household income ($78,438 vs $56,369 in McDonald). Gastonville has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $152,400 in McDonald).

Population, income & housing

	Gastonville	McDonald
Population	2,703	2,277
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,438	$56,369
Median home value	$173,000	$152,400
Median gross rent	$995	$875
Housing units	1,300	1,153
Homeownership rate	88.6%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gastonville	McDonald
Population	2,459 → 2,703 (+9.9%)	2,164 → 2,277 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$53,191 → $78,438 (+47.5%)	$45,534 → $56,369 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $173,000 (+23.1%)	$115,400 → $152,400 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $995 (+85.6%)	$776 → $875 (+12.8%)

Gastonville

Population

2,4592,703

Median household income

$53,191$78,438

Median home value

$140,500$173,000

Median gross rent

$536$995

McDonald

Population

2,1642,277

Median household income

$45,534$56,369

Median home value

$115,400$152,400

Median gross rent

$776$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gastonville	McDonald
Under 5	3.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	7.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.6%
75 and over	9.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gastonville	McDonald
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gastonville	McDonald
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	35.6%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gastonville	McDonald
Drove alone	89.6%	79.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gastonville	McDonald
1-unit, detached	68.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gastonville	McDonald
Poverty rate	3.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1971	1938