Gaston vs Springdale

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

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

Springdale has the higher population (2,727 vs 2,026 in Gaston). Springdale has the higher median household income ($70,852 vs $59,500 in Gaston). Springdale has the higher median home value ($195,100 vs $117,900 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Gaston	Springdale
Population	2,026	2,727
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,500	$70,852
Median home value	$117,900	$195,100
Median gross rent	$920	$1,181
Housing units	913	1,323
Homeownership rate	62.7%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaston	Springdale
Population	1,824 → 2,026 (+11.1%)	2,737 → 2,727 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$42,069 → $59,500 (+41.4%)	$58,125 → $70,852 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $117,900 (+42.7%)	$151,100 → $195,100 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $920 (+8.4%)	$978 → $1,181 (+20.8%)

Gaston

Population

1,8242,026

Median household income

$42,069$59,500

Median home value

$82,600$117,900

Median gross rent

$849$920

Springdale

Population

2,7372,727

Median household income

$58,125$70,852

Median home value

$151,100$195,100

Median gross rent

$978$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaston	Springdale
Under 5	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.2%
75 and over	1.1%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaston	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	78.1%
Black or African American	16.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	5.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaston	Springdale
No high school diploma	14.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	45.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaston	Springdale
Drove alone	77.5%	88.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.2%	2.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaston	Springdale
1-unit, detached	45.9%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	53.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gaston	Springdale
Poverty rate	24.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1989	1969