Gaston vs Pine Ridge

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

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

Pine Ridge has the higher population (2,709 vs 2,026 in Gaston). Pine Ridge has the higher median household income ($74,861 vs $59,500 in Gaston). Pine Ridge has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $117,900 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Gaston	Pine Ridge
Population	2,026	2,709
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,500	$74,861
Median home value	$117,900	$218,500
Median gross rent	$920	$1,204
Housing units	913	1,200
Homeownership rate	62.7%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaston	Pine Ridge
Population	1,824 → 2,026 (+11.1%)	2,438 → 2,709 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$42,069 → $59,500 (+41.4%)	$59,825 → $74,861 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $117,900 (+42.7%)	$169,100 → $218,500 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $920 (+8.4%)	$917 → $1,204 (+31.3%)

Gaston

Population

1,8242,026

Median household income

$42,069$59,500

Median home value

$82,600$117,900

Median gross rent

$849$920

Pine Ridge

Population

2,4382,709

Median household income

$59,825$74,861

Median home value

$169,100$218,500

Median gross rent

$917$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaston	Pine Ridge
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.5%
75 and over	1.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaston	Pine Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	62.5%
Black or African American	16.3%	23.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaston	Pine Ridge
No high school diploma	14.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	45.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaston	Pine Ridge
Drove alone	77.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	9.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaston	Pine Ridge
1-unit, detached	45.9%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.6%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Gaston	Pine Ridge
Poverty rate	24.3%	16.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1989	1993