Gaston is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,632 people and five associated neighborhoods, Gaston is the 156th largest community in South Carolina.Gaston is a blue-collar town, with 41.50% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Gaston is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gaston who work in sales jobs (10.79%), management occupations (9.23%), and maintenance occupations (8.94%). Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Gaston is worth considering. Being a small town, Gaston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Gaston, just 12.11% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Gaston in 2022 was $27,851, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,404 for a family of four. However, Gaston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gaston is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gaston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gaston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gaston also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.46% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gaston include English, German, Irish, African, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Gaston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
