Gaston is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,620 people and five associated neighborhoods, Gaston is the 156th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gaston is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.50% of the Gaston workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 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%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gaston has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gaston a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Gaston doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Gaston with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.11% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. 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.
